Blood On The Risers (Gory Gory What a Helluva Way to Die)- US Paratrooper Song

Any Veterans watching? If so, I respect your service.
My Favorite WW2 Song. It is sung to the tune of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic", the song tells of a f@tal training jump of a rookie paratrooper whose parachute fails to deploy, resulting in him falling to his d*ath. Each verse describes the man’s d*ath and the subsequent condition of his body in the aftermath. The chorus mimics the chorus in The Battle Hymn of the Republic, replacing the lyrics "Glory, glory, hallelujah! His truth is marching on." with "Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to d!e! He ain't gonna jump no more."

[@normalyoutuber8234]

"What a hell of a way to die indeed"!

[@Hand-to-handWombatCombat]

Battle hymn of the republics menacing cousin

[@srikarchitta5644]

Lol true

[@brodycharper]

Happy Independence Month!

[@ramyachitta6663]

Best WW2 Song

[@srikarchitta5644]

Fax

[@tomaszszypulski9942]

No

[@Usaball198o]

@@tomaszszypulski9942 then what is it?

[@skedichlavender2]

​@@Usaball198o SS Marschiert In Feindesland or maybe the Artilleyman's song

[@PaulA-hv4cd]

@@skedichlavender2 The first song is called "Teufelslied" I am pretty sure

[@viking1236]

The version I’m familiar with (British) ends They put him an envelope and sent him home to Mum. We used to sing it in the Boy Scouts.

[@Gamer42day]

I remember that

[@mysticdragonwolf89]

Remember, the original song was “His (John Brown) soul goes marching on”.
Somewhere around end civil war and post civil rights movement, it became “I know a song that gets on everybody’s (the south’s) nerves”.
The Lost Cause at work

[@srikarchitta5644]

The original song was “His (John Brown) soul goes marching on”, but many Christians saw the song as childish, so they wrote "Mine eyes have seen the glory," which became this song. The reason it became a song that got on the south's nerve is both the Lost Cause myth and the lyrics of the song (probably. I don't live in the USA and don't know much about this stuff)

[@thearmyofdbscards3753]

You do know that "his soul goes marching on" came from the song say brothers will you meet us?

[@srikarchitta5644]

@@thearmyofdbscards3753 Just knew.

[@johnfranceschi3271]

Well that's a pretty defeatist song...

[@srikarchitta5644]

How? ID See how.(I'm being ironic ofc)

[@johnpfannenstiel2817]

But it's honest. They knew what they were getting into.

[@notascientist709]

its an endearing song about respecting the dead

[@johnfranceschi3271]

@@notascientist709 I see

[@cornbreadisbetterthanpizza6866]

It was a song to sing before people jumped as a dark humor way to relieve tension.