A friend of mine had a 78 record with some Marine songs on it. I made a tape years ago, but now it long gone, as are many of the songs. Here's the lyrics to one:
"Way up in Korea, midst rocks, ice and snow,
the poor Chinese commie is feeling so low.
As our Corsairs roar by over head,
he knows that his buddies will all soon be dead.
Chorus:
Dinky die, dinky die,
he knows that his buddies will all soon be dead.
Old Lin Pao went up to old cold Ko-Tar-i,
His prize Chinese army in action to see.
His soldiers he said, no battle could lose,
but all that he found was their hats and their shoes.
Chorus
Well, uncle Joe Stalin, your stooges have found,
it just doesn't pay to invade foreign ground!
When you disturb the serene Asian calm
You bring on the rockets, the bombs, and napalm!
Chorus
Now here's to Pyongyang and to old Hageru
and Kinshu and Ho Shu and someplace else too,
To all Marine pilots and carriers at sea,
And the Death Rattler squadron, old three-twenty-three!
Walt