Military Songs

[SurrenderIsNoOption]

Theres a few really good military country songs I love, but was seeing what else anyone knows.

Here are some I listen to a lot-

American Soldier- Toby Kieth
Red white and blue- toby kieth
Arlington- Trace Adkins
Letters from home- John Michael Montgomery

anyone got anything else?

[Clete Torres]

You're listening to way too much Toby Kieth my man. That music is horrible.

[Gauntlet]

"Only 19"
Great song of the Australian soldier in Vietnam

[Laconian]

The Balad of Ira Hayes - Johnny Cash
Billy Overcame His Size - Merle Haggard
Soldier's Last Letter - M. H.
I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me - M.H.
Another Old Soldier (Fades Away) - Mark Collie
The Ballad of the Alamo - Marty Robbins
The Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton
Sink the Bismark - Johnny Horton
PT109 - Jimmy Dean
Molly - Eddy Arnold
Distant Drums - Jim Reeves
Goodbye My Sweetheart (Hello Viet Nam) - Porter Waggoner
Salute to a Switchblade - Tom T. Hall
Girls in Saigon City - T. T. H.
Mama Bake A Pie (Daddy Kill a Chicken) - T. T. H.

Johnny Come Lately - Steve Earle

to name a few...

[Holstein]

Disposable heroes-METALLICA

[Beppo]

Rooster - Alice in Chains
One - Metallica
19 - Paul Hardcastle

(For some reason the top three I picked were all songs about damaged soldiers.)

By the way while in Iraq attending the funeral service of a soldier attached to my battalion, one of the departed's friends who was an amateur musician decided the best tribute he could give his friend ws a song he wrote. As sad as the occasion was, it was an effort for probably all involved not to break out into laughter, this guy was so bad... It was almost like watching American Idol reject William Hung try to sing a ballad...a ballad that William Hung wrote.

[Kersh]

Ballad of the Green Berets...come on guys.

[Sir Zach of R.]

8th of November - Big n Rich
and pretty much anything by Keni Thomas

[California Joe]

Brothers In Arms : Dire Straits

[zonk]

die for your government- anti flag
blood upon the risers-82d airborne all american chorus
rooster- alice in chains

[SAPPEROIF]

Hero of the Day - Metallica
Band of Brothers theme
I won't back down - Johnney Cash Version(loved it after seeing the commercial with it)

and a few mentioned already

[RAA_GnrCheck]

here a few aussie ones

"Only 19"
Great song of the Australian soldier in Vietnam
Redgum - A Walk in the Light Green (I Was Only 19)


Cold Chisel - Khe Sanh
Eric Bogle - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Slim Dusty - Australia is His Name

[Gringo]

Ride of the Valkyries
Men of Harlech

[Johnny_H02]

Auf Kreta im Sturm und im Regen

[Asheren]

Few polish mostly traditional and historical.
My favorite
"Red poppies on monte cassino."-Czerwone maki na Monte Cassino
D`you see those ruins on the hill-top?
There your foe hides like a rat!
You must, you must, you must
Grab his neck and cast him down from the clouds!
And they went, mad, furious
And they went, to kill and avenge
And they went stubborn as always,
As always - for honour - to fight.
Refrain:
Red poppies on Monte Cassino
Instead of dew, drank Polish blood.
As the soldier crushed them in falling,
But the anger was stronger than death.
Years will pass and ages will roll,
But traces of bygone days will stay,
And the poppies on Monte Cassino
Will be redder having quaffed Polish blood.

They charged through fire like madmen,
Countless were hit and fell,
Like the cavalry at Samosierra,
Like the men at Rokitno years ago.
They attacked with fury and fire,
And they got there. They climbed to the top,
And their white and scarlet standard
They placed on the ruins `midst clouds.
Refrain:
Red poppies on Monte Cassino ....
D`you see this row of white crosses?
Polish soldiers did honour there wed.
The further you go, the higher,
The more of such crosses youl'l meet.
This soil was won for Poland,
Though Poland is far away,
For Freedom is measured in crosses
When history from justice does stray.
Refrain:
Red Poppies on Monte Cassino...

"1st Brigade March"-Marsz pierwszej brygady.
"Growling rifles"- Warcza Karabiny
"Infantry"-Piechota
"Legions are..."-Legiony to

[drGreen]

Das Panzerlied
Ich hatt' einen Kameraden
Erika



http://ingeb.org/folksong.html
bunch of songs on mp3 with texts

[Bombtrack]

there been a couple threads on this with pages of good results.. check those, my songs are better anyway

[Beppo]

Deutschland uber alles?

[Freibier]

Rot scheint die Sonne

[Digital Marine]

Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon, one of the best songs ever.
Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction

BTW,

made a tribute video on Toby Keith's American Soldier

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=63228&highlight=american+soldier

[GeraldDuval]

Foggy dew - The Young Dubliners
Green Fields of France - June Tabor

[SurrenderIsNoOption]

You're listening to way too much Toby Kieth my man. That music is horrible.

thanks for the constructive and intelligent input :bash:

[digrar]

Redgum, I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green). I just listened to some redgum the other day apparently this was the only decent song they put out.
Khe San, Cold Chisel
Black Bear, My first Battalions marching song, played on the pipes.

[Lokos]

Thank Christ Khe Sanh and Brothers in Arms got a mention (digrar, Joe, hats off to you, respectively).

Lokos

[Ralf174978]

German version of the "Ballad of the Green Berets":

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/images/icons/icon2.gif Hundert Mann und ein Befehl (http://ralf.lalegion.ch/media/Freddy_Quinn_100_Mann_und_ein_Befehl.mp3) (sung by Freddy Quinn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_Quinn))

Songtext:

Irgendwo im fremden Land
ziehen wir durch Stein und Sand
fern von zu Haus und vogelfrei
hundert Mann und ich bin dabei

Hundert Mann und ein Befehl
und ein Weg den keiner will
tagein tagaus wer weiß wohin
verbranntes Land und was ist der Sinn

Ganz allein in dunkler Nacht
hab’ ich oft daran gedacht
dass weit von hier der Vollmond scheint
und weit von mir ein Mädchen weint

Und die Welt ist doch so schön
könnt’ ich dich noch einmal seh’n
nun trennt uns schon ein langes Jahr
weil ein Befehl unser Schicksal war

Wahllos schlägt das Schicksal zu
heute ich und morgen du
ich hör’ von fern die Krähen schrei’n
im Morgenrot warum muß das sein

Irgendwo im fremden Land
ziehen wir durch Stein und Sand
fern von zu Haus und vogelfrei
hundert Mann und ich bin dabei

French version of the "Ballad of the Green Berets":

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/images/icons/icon2.gif Les Bérets verts (http://ralf.lalegion.ch/media/beret.mp3) (sung by a former German legionnaire)

Songtext:

Dans le ciel, couleur d'acier,
Ils descendent par milliers,
Ceux qui vont sur cette terre,
Lutter pour le béret vert.

Il faut croire ce que l'on dit,
Ne dire que si l'on agit,
Etre brave et être fier,
Pour gagner le béret vert.

Ils sont parmi les meilleurs,
Qui combattent et qui meurent,
Pour l'Occident qui espère,
Rester grâce aux bérets verts.

Il est tombé en laissant,
Avec ses ailes d'argent,
Une lettre pour sa femme,
Une lettre du Vietnam.

Donne les ailes d'argent,
Au fils quand il sera grand,
Qu'il soit brave, qu'il soit fier,
Pour gagner le béret vert.

[Buckeye67]

Some good old jacobite songs (The Tannahill Weavers do great versions of these):

Tranent Muir
The Standard on the Braes of Mar
Aikendrum
The Athol Gathering
The Haughs O'Cromdale
Johnnie Cope

Some other good scots songs (various folks have recorded these):

Scots Wha Hae
I Will Go
Fire In the Glen

[wormie]

belleu wood - garth brooks

[Johnny_H02]

Carrickfergus - The Band Of The Irish Guards

[wormie]

above mentioned commercial...
http://www.youtube.com/v/oSRL87g6mKU

[Yarrick2]

amazing grace (on pipes)
outlawed tunes on outlawed pipes (yes off of the braveheart soundtrack)
scotland the brave
the balad of rodger young
scottish soldier
if i misnamed any song i'm sorry:oops:
and for fun look up dueling bagpipes by the chieftans

[Nightstalker_pl]

Mentioned before:

"The Ballad of the Green Berets":

http://www.brownielocks.com/balladofthegreenberetsWAVE.html

"Brothers in arms" by Dire Straits:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7DcvMrNXCk