Jody Cadence
(aka
Duckworth Chant, Sound Off)
Sung by
John Frushour
You had a good home but you left.
You're Right !
You had a good home but you left,
You're Right!
Jody was there when you left,
Your Right!
Jody was there whey you left
You're Right
One, two, three, four,
One, two, Three Four!
You left you're girl and Jody in bed,
You'd rather be there, but you're here instead.
Chorus
- Sound Off! (1 – 2)
Sound Off ! (3 – 4)
Cadence count, (1-2-3-4-) (1 – 2, ----- 3 – 4 !)
Ain't no use in callin' home,
Jodie's got your telephone
Chorus.
Ain't no use in goin' home
Jodie's got your girl and gone.
Chorus.
Aint no use in lookin' back,
Jodie's got your Cadillac!
Chorus.
I'm gonna take a three day pass,
Can't wait to get Jodie in my grasp.
Chorus.
And when I get that three-day pass,
I'm gonna kick old Jodie's ass.
Sound Off ! (1- -2)
Sound Off! (3---4)
Break it down, (1,2,3,4,) (1—2 ------3—4!!)
John Frushour writes:
A Jody is a guy that dodged the draft during ww2 and Korea, and is irrelevant
today, because there is no draft.
Jody cadence was not as popular as the movies would let you think, the only
reason that I know these few lines is that I learned them from our Field First
Sgt at Ft Lewis, Washington.
When an infantry company goes to the field in garrison the Co. Executive
office takes them, and there is what is known as a Field First Sgt that calls
cadence and marched them along. We would both be out beside the company.
Jody cadence, due to some of the cadences wording was never given with in
earshot of the main post.
There were two different tunes and words (although they can be
interchangeable) that went along with cadences, "Jody" (sound off) and "Honey"
(honey, oh baby mine)
Personally, I liked "Honey" cadence, it was more rhythmic, dirtier. Jody was
sung mostly in training centers. Fortunately, I was never assigned to a training
center.
. Thanks! John Patrick.