chorus chorus oleanna, ole (oh-lee) ole anna ole, ole, ole, ole,ole ole anna. to be in oleanna! that is where I'd like to be; than be bound in norway, in chains of slavery. in oleanna the land is free, the wheat and corn just plant themselves! then grow a good four feet a day,while on your bed you rest yourself! beer as sweet as munchener, springs from the ground and flows away! the cows all like to milk themselves, and hens lay eggs ten times a day! ------------------------------------ same chorus got a girl in fayetteville, she won't do it but her sister will; likes to screw 10 times a day; likes the airborne, all the way! coffee in the army, they all say is mighty fine, looks like muddy water, and the taste is just like iodine! ' floater' verses - they float from song to song -as many as you like--a great chorus! ----------------------- pto! army aviation chorus army aviation, army aviation, all the way, night and day, army aviation. by the jungle, by the mountains, by the pole, vietnam, carry cars, carry troopers, carry anything we can-- get the combat out again, making the infantry mobile, doin things they never dreamed of, singin out 'be seein' you bill!' combat assults and med evacs, those' re the missions we perform; giving to the ground commander, another punch to his right arm. mighty men are r-e-m (-f ), fighting children and the whores; takin it al at 'charlie's mess( 'c' company's mess hall) and comin back for more and more (switch to relevant minor key) here's to the aviator who's gone before, who guides our work at the flyin; now he's served his country and given his all,now he's wearing wings of white (alt: with white wings now he's flyin) dust off' s, gunships, slicks, giant ships and the rest; caribous and mohawks e-o-s above the rest ----------------------------------- a remf is a rear echelon mother fucker, a slick is a troop carrying helicopter eos, I don't know, the others are tyes of aircraft. verse 6, in minor key-- the spirit, and example, of those that have served before us, guides our every actio as service personnel --from thermopolae, to gallipoli, to milne bay and kapyong, to long tan, coral, dak to, rwanda --to timour and bosnia; it always will, despite what the 'bean counters' the 'rational economists', military and political. continuously attempt to do, because our paradigm is moral, ethical, and 'spiritual', to their tangible and base! the first version of this song comes from a 1962 eureka youth league song book -- a great chorus, but I forget the verses that I sung in the army--another score for ptsd--i know it was 'floater' verses, but I can't specifically remember which ones! the army aviation parody/tune use comes from 161 recce flights tape of the merrymen, the 173rd assault helicopter company ex tub mathieson