• AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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    That’s the person that calls out a chant that sets the beat. Makes it so everyone can hear when they are supposed to step. In the Navy we used “left, left, left-right-left,” while in boot. Army used “hup, two, three, four.”

    There are also more “creative” chants that can get used.

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      The prettiest girl
      I ever saw
      Was sipping bourbon
      through a straw

      I walked right up
      I sat right down
      I ordered up
      another round

      Etc.

      That was always the favorite in my platoon.

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        I didn’t want to get into the call and response cadences. That’s too complicated for people that don’t even know what colors taste like.

        /s