Sitting on a mountain top beating my drum

I beat it so hard that the MPs come

I said, “MP, MP, don’t arrest me” 

Arrest that grunt behind the tree

He stole the whiskey, I stole the wine

All I ever do is double time

Airborne ranger raving mad

He’s got a tab that I wish I had

Black and gold, in a half-moon shape

Airborne ranger, he’s gone ape

Jumping through windows, kicking down walls 

Airborne ranger’s having a ball

So if there’s trouble in the world today

Call on the men in the black berets

I saw an old lady running down the street

Had a chute on her back, jump boots on her feet

I said “hey old lady, where you going to?”

She said, “U.S. Army Airborne School”.

“What you gonna do when you get there?”

“Jump from a plane and fall through the air”

I said “Hey old lady, ain’t you been told?”

“Airborne school is for the brave and bold”

She said, “Hey now soldier, don’t be a fool.”

“I’m an instructor at airborne school”

When my granny was 91

She did PT just for fun

When my granny was 92

She did PT better than you

When my granny was 93

She did PT better than me

When my granny was 94

She did some PT more and more

When my granny was 95

She did PT to stay alive

When my granny was 96

She kept on doing flutter kicks

When my granny was 97

She up and died and went to Heaven 

She met saint Peter at the gate

Said,” Saint Peter, saint Peter, hope I’m not late!”

Saint Peter said with a big ol’ grin

“Get down granny, and knock out ten.”

She replied with a big ol’ smile

“Sorry Saint Peter, I’m on profile”

One mile

No sweat

Two Mile

Better yet

Three mile

Gotta run

Four miles

To the sun

Five miles

Better yet

One, two, three, four, Hey! (x2)

Listen to this cadence:

Song Name: Beating My Drum/My Granny
Album Name: Cadences Volume 3
by Jonathan Michael Fleming

DISCLAIMERS:

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The lyrics and music to the above cadence are not original to me. To the best of my knowledge, the song is in the public domain, as the author is unknown and has simply been handed down generation-to-generation within the US military.

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