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POEM ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BRAVERY

SOILDERS,
YOU FLED.
EVEN THE EAGLE DIES.

Submitter comment: THIS POEM SHOWS THAT FLEEING IN BATTLE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE
WHATSOEVER. THE EAGLE IS THE SYMBOL OF GRANDFATHER GOD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

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Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.549
BELIEF -- Bird

Date learned: 11-03-1985

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THIS IS MY RIFLE, THIS IS MY GUN,
THIS IF FOR FIGHTING, THIS IS FOR FUN.

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THIS VERSE HAS BEEN AROUND LONGER THAN I CAN REMEMBER. IT IS
SAID TO HAVE ORIGINATED IN A BOOT CAMP DURING WORLD WAR II,
WHEN A SGT. GOT P.O'D AT A BOOT (BUCK PRIVATE) FOR CALLING
HIS RIFLE A GUN. TO TEACH THE BOOT A LESSON, THE SGT. MADE
HIM WALK AROUND CAMP WITH NO PANTS ON, HIS RIFLE IN ONE HAND,
HIS PENIS IN THE OTHER RECITING THE ABOVE VERSE.

Keyword(s): HUMOR ; METONOMY ; MNEMONIC ; OBSCENE ; SEX ; WEAPONS

James Callow Keyword(s): ANGER ANGRY ; SERGEANT

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Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.549
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Date learned: 00-00-1960

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