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TITLE: Barracks Ballads

AUTHOR/COMPILER: Wesley C. Ward

BRANCH OF SERVICE: Marines

UNIT/AGENCY:

DATE: First printing - 1966

PLACE:

SOURCE:

Notes: 52 pages, 45 songs

Ward was a marine, but in the foreword he states that the songs come from all branches of service

Published by Astronautics Publishing Company Inc., Franklin, Indiana 46131

 

CONTENTS:

She Wore a Yeller Ribbon

Bless 'Em All (First Version)

We Have Only One Bar in Our Town

Kansas City Blues

The Liquor Boys

I Learned About Women From Her

China Night

Mushi Mushi Anone

Reserve Lament

Just Viet Nam

San Diego Here I Come

The Persian Kitten

Motor Boat

Roll Your Leg Over

I Want to Get Married

The Armored Cruiser Squadron

Bell Bottom Trousers

Bachelor Song

The Food Situation

Meet Me In Yokosuka

Minnie the Mermaid

The Fighting Marines

The Money Rolls In

'Twas a Cold Winter's Evening

I Want a Beer

They Say It's Mighty Fine

Rolling Down the Mountain

Old Number Nine

Mountain Gal

In the Military

Anchors Aweigh

The USMC Hymn

Show Me the Way to My Abode

My Alcoholic Baby

Red Whiskey

Life in Tsingtao

Silk Pajamas

The Bee Thirty-six

Woodpecker Song

What a Helluva Way to Die

Don't We Have Fun

Street Cleaner

Goodbye Second Division

Little Ball of Yarn

 

NOTES UPDATED:  11 April 2025

 

 


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