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    612-822-4611

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Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy

Styl, Art

Paperback

Biographies GeneralMilitary Biographies

ISBN13: 9798885055420
Publisher: Fulton Books
Published: Sep 12 2022
Pages: 148
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.34 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

During basic training in the army, it was common practice for the recruits to exercise and march to the cadence of popular songs of the time to keep the trainees in sync. It also took the trainees' minds off the exercise--sometimes strenuous--that they were engaged in, and a five-mile forced march before breakfast was tolerated with little grumbling. Although the cadence was always the same, the words were often changed to reflect the reality of military duty. At the time, the words of the Coasters's hit song Poison Ivy were adapted to fit the life of a grunt in Vietnam. For example, Poison ivy, poison ivy / Late at night while you're sleepin' / Poison ivy comes a-creepin' around was changed to Charlie Cong, Charlie Cong / Late at night while you're sleepin' / Charlie Cong comes a-creepin' around.

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