To Wear the Green Again
Do you recall when we were young
And wore the Forest Green,
The oddest thing we had to do
To earn the name Marine?
Do you recall our old D.I.
And P.T. in the pit?
Or how you killed his pet sand flea
And had to bury it?
Do you recall those vanished days
When we were in the Corps?
We’d swab the deck, field day the head—
Then do it all once more.
Do you recall the duty list
And how we tried to skate?
Or how our outfit seemed to thrive
On “Hurry up and wait?â€
Do you recall, “It’s BROWN side out!!â€
And how the word would change,
Or “snapping in†‘til muscles ached
When we were on the range?
Do you recall that curious day
When we went off to war?
Or how we bragged we’d be the best
That ever served the Corps?
Do you recall how hard we prayed—
When first we ducked a round—
To not disgrace our uniform,
Or let our buddies down?
Do you recall our sergeant who
Was killed the second day?
Or how we cried like children when
They carried him away?
Do you recall how glad we were
The day they let us out?
Or how you told the Gunny off
And made him swear and shout?
And did you watch the evening news
The day it hit the fan,
And wish, like me, with all your heart
You wore the Green again?
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