Army JROTC Cadences

Ugly Cadence

Count cadence, Ugly cadence, count cadence count off

(U) For your mama

(G) And your daddy too

(L) For your girlfriend

(Y) ‘Cause she’s ugly too

(U) Hit it

(G) Hit it

(L) Hit it

(Y) Hit it

[U-G-L-Y, you ain’t got no alibi, you ugly, yeah yeah you ugly. Bravo, you know, hua]

Hip Hop Lollipop

Hip hop lollipop, I want to hear your left foot drop (stomps when left foot hits the ground)

‘Sounds mighty fine, let me hear it three more times (stomps when left foot hits the ground 3x)

Hip with it (stomps when left foot hits the ground 3x while moving hips)

(cadence continues until calls cease (usually two more times))

I Left My Home

Your mother was home when you left (Your right)

Your father was home when you left (Your right)

Your sister was home when you left (Your right)

Your brother was home when you left (Your right)

Your mother, your father, your sister, your brother, the dog, the cat, the fish, the rat, your aunt, your uncle, and both your cousins, your papa, your granny, the maid, the nanny, they was all home when you left (Your right)

And that's the reason you left (Your right)

(formation responds with the same phrase after the caller for the following)

I left my home, to join the army 2x

The day i left

My mamma 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

To see his 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

Oowie, Oowie

Oowie, Oowieee

Hey, Hey Captain Jack

(formation responds with the same phrase after the caller for the following)

Hey, hey Captain Jack

Meet me down by the railroad track

With that rifle in my hand

I’m gonna be a shootin’ man

A shootin’ man, the best I can, for Uncle Sam

Hey, hey Captain Jack

Meet me down by the railroad track

With that knife in my hand

I’m gonna be a stabbin’ man

A stabbin’ man, a shootin’ man, the best I can, for Uncle Sam

Hey, hey Captain Jack

Meet me down by the railroad track

With that grenade in my hand

I’m gonna be a killin’ man

A killin’ man, a stabbin’ man, a shootin’ man, the best I can, for Uncle Sam

Hey, hey Captain Jack

Meet me down by the railroad track

With that book in my hand

I’m gonna be a studyin’ man

A killin’ man, a stabbin’ man, a shootin’ man, a studyin’ man, the best I can, for Uncle Sam

Hey, hey Captain Jack

Meet me down by the railroad track

With that bottle in my hand

I’m gonna be a drinkin’ man

A killin’ man, a stabbin’ man, a shootin’ man, a studyin’ man, a drinkin’ man, the best I can, for Uncle Sam

Down by the River

(formation responds with the same phrase after the caller for the following)

Down by the river

We took a little walk

Ran into Liberty

We had a little talk

We didn’t like their attitude

Didn’t like the way they walked

So we pushed em

We shoved em

We threw em in the river

Laughed as they drowned

We don’t need no Liberty

Hangin, hangin, hangin around

Heyyyy, don’t be a fool

Somebody said we were number two

(They lied!)

But We’re number one

Hip Hop

Left, your left (hey)

Left, right, your left (you got it)

Leeeft, right, your left (1st sergeant get busy one time, two times, three times)

(Pump, pump, pump, pump it up)

Let me see you stomp to the left (stomps when left foot hits the ground)

Stomp to the right (stomps when right foot hits the ground)

Let me see you do it twice (stomps in succession)

Ooo that sounds mighty fine

Your left, your left (hey)

Left, right, your left (you got it)

Leeeft, right, your left (1st sergeant get busy one time, two times, three times)

(Pump, pump, pump, pump it up)

Let me see you snap to the left (snaps when left foot hits the ground)

Snap to the right (snaps when right foot hits the ground)

Let me see you do it twice (snaps in succession)

Ooo that sounds mighty fine

Your left, your left (hey)

Left, right, your left (you got it)

Leeeft, right, your left (1st sergeant get busy one time, two times, three times)

(Pump, pump, pump, pump it up)

Let me see you clap to the left (claps when left foot hits the ground)

Clap to the right (claps when right foot hits the ground)

Let me see you do it twice (claps in succession)

Ooo that sounds mighty fine

Your left, your left (hey)

Left, right, your left (you got it)

Leeeft, right, your left (1st sergeant get busy one time, two times, three times)

(Pump, pump, pump, pump it up)

Yellow Ribbon

(formation responds with the same phrase after the caller for the following)

Around her hair, she wore a yellow ribbon

She wore it in the springtime, in the early month of May

And if you asked her why the heck she wore it

She’d say she wore it for her soldier who was far, far away

Far away

Far away

She wore it for her soldier who was far, far away

Around the block, she pushed a baby carriage

She pushed it in the springtime, in the early month of May

And if you asked her why the heck she pushed it

She’d say she pushed it for her soldier who was far, far away

Far away

Far away

She pushed it for her soldier who was far, far away

Behind the door, her father kept a shotgun

She kept it in the springtime, in the early month of May

And if you asked her why the heck she kept it

She’d say she kept it for her soldier who was far, far away

Far away

Far away

She kept it for her soldier who was far, far away

Around his grave, she laid the pretty flowers

She laid them in the springtime, in the early month of May

And if you asked her why the heck she laid them

She’d say she laid them for her soldier who was far, far away

Far away

Far away

She laid them for her soldier who was far, far away

Here We Go Again

(formation responds with the same phrase after the caller for the following)

Here we go again

Same old stuff again

Marching down the avenue

10 more weeks and we’ll be through

I won’t have to look at you

You won’t have to look at me

Ugly, ugly, ugly you

Pretty, pretty, pretty me