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The Ballad of Rodger Young

by Frank Loesser (1945)


    No, they've got no time for glory in the Infantry.
    No, they've got no use for praises loudly sung,
    But in every soldier's heart in all the Infantry
    Shines the name, shines the name of Rodger Young.

                      Shines the name — Rodger Young!
                      Fought and died for the men he marched among.
                      To the everlasting glory of the Infantry
                      Lives the story of Private Rodger Young.

    Caught in ambush lay a company of riflemen —
    Just grenades against machine guns in the gloom —
    Caught in ambush till this one of twenty riflemen
    Volunteered, volunteered to meet his doom.

                      Volunteered, Rodger Young!
                      Fought and died for the men he marched among.
                      In the everlasting annals of the Infantry
                      Glows the last deed of Private Rodger Young.

    It was he who drew the fire of the enemy
    That a company of men might live to fight;
    And before the deadly fire of the enemy
    Stood the man, stood the man we hail tonight.

    On the island of New Georgia in the Solomons,
    Stands a simple wooden cross alone to tell
    That beneath the silent coral of the Solomons,
    Sleeps a man, sleeps a man remembered well.

                      Sleeps a man, Rodger Young,
                      Fought and died for the men he marched among.
                      In the everlasting spirit of the Infantry
                      Breathes the spirit of Private Rodger Young.

    No, they've got no time for glory in the Infantry,
    No, they've got no use for praises loudly sung,
    But in every soldier's heart in all the Infantry
    Shines the name, shines the name of Rodger Young.

                      Shines the name — Rodger Young!
                      Fought and died for the men he marched among.
                      To the everlasting glory of the Infantry
                      Lives the story of Private Rodger Young.





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