I Left My Home | Military Cadence
(Lyrics & History)
"I Left My Home" has gone viral more than once - First catching the attention of the civilian world in 2021, when Drill Sergeant DePalo was filmed marching a basic training platoon to the cadence.
Funny enough, this all happened while I was still in Basic Training - It was a strange feeling, coming home to my civilian family who evidently learned the same new song I did. Some of my now good friends, MJ Hanks, The Marine Rapper, and Topher also remixed the cadence, topping the Billboard charts and making history.
Once I saw what recorded cadence did both for the veteran community and the "outside world," I made it a mission to record them. My studio recording of this cadence has gone insanely viral, with hundreds of millions of views across social media. A fellow Soldier, Chelse Hill and I even teamed up to make a rock remix in honor of one of our fallen. That song has garnered millions of views/streams and has made our hero's name, SFC Ricardo Young, well known for his bravery and sacrifice.
Since all this craziness, all the recorded cadences have served as a source of motivation, and a reminder of the "good old days" to many veterans, and I'm thankful to have been able to provide this resource. Military schools are now pointing people in the direction of my albums to learn cadences, and through the social media side of things, we have been able to, as a community, use my platform to raise funds for various veteran-focused nonprofits. I can't thank you enough!
All that being said, here are the lyrics to
"I Left My Home" (Army Cadence):
Lyrics
Your daddy was home when you left
Your momma was home when you left
Your sister was home when you left
Your brother was home when you left
The dog was home when you left
The cat was home when you left
The fish was home when you left
Your daddy, your momma, your sister, your brother
The dog, the cat, the fish was home when you left
And that’s the reason you left
I left my home
To join the army
I left my home (I left my home)
To join the army (to join the army)
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The day I left (the day I left)
My momma cried
She thought that I
Would surely die
I left my wife
Standing at the door
She knew that I
Would die at war
I left my son
Playing in the yard
Seeing Daddy leave
Made him cry so hard
The day I left
I shook my daddy’s hand
He said that I
Had become a man
OO-WEE, OO-WEE
OO-WEE, OO-WEE
OO-WEE, OO-WEE
To join the army
Listen to this cadence:
Song Name: I Left My Home
Album Name: Cadences Volume 1
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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