darky edwards and another sgt sang this song on christmas day, 1966 in the sgts mess at nui dat, while waiting forthe
darky edwards and another sgt sang this song on christmas day, 1966 in the sgts mess at nui dat, while waiting forthe chaplain, who uninvited, took over their mess.
 darky could only remember the first verse, so I wrote the other two--darky later said they sounded very similar to what he had originally written.
 that this could happen is not unusual between soldiers who have shared similar situations, which is why songs like dinki- di have appeared in every war since it first appeared in wwi, and in different english speaking armies.
 the song, of course, is a parody of the anthem 'ding dong merrily on high'.
 the chorus is 'moaned rather than sung, except for 2nd verse, which is sung as 'operatically'! as possible.
 the last chorus is cut short after about a bar and a half.
 mthe woka, woka, is the sound a huey medivac helicopter rotor blades make.
woka, woka, woka in the sky, the dust- off's slowly coming, as in the blood and dust I lie, my breath is hard in coming.
chorus
ahhhh!ohhhhhhhhhh! eeeeeeeeeee!
/wwwits, the dust-off's homeward flying, medic kneeling by my side, with morphine I am flying.
wokawwits, the dust-off's hovering, landing, am-bu-lance is standing by, what is this darkness falling?
ahhh --!