There is no better fighting man

You can keep your Army Khaki

You can keep your Navy Blue

For I have the worlds greatest fighting man, to introduce to you

His uniform is different

The best you've ever seen

The Germans call him "Devil Dog", his real name is "Marine"

He was born on Parris Island

The place where God forgot

The sand is eighteen inches deep, the sun is blazing hot

He gets up every morning

Before the rising sun

He'll run a hundred miles and more, before the day is done

He's deadly with a rifle

A bayonet made of steel

He took the warriors calling card, he's mastered how to kill

And when he gets to heaven

Saint peter he will tell

"Another Marine reporting, sir, i've spent my time in hell"

Author's Note

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Reviews

[AprilRN1210]

I am glad to see you got the video in here, it does add such a layer to the words and intensity when done correctly as it is in this one.. I feel the passion in your words and it hits the reader with a strong sense of pride, well done!.. I can't wait to read more, my friend.. the ending made me smile:)

[Austin Jolly]

Many thanks for the review! It means a lot! :) I'm glad I chose the right words to make the reader smile! :D

[AprilRN1210]

that you did.. you're quite welcome, it was a pleasure..

[emipoemi]

This is a fun little ditty, if I may call it such. The rhythm flows nicely and the musicality is grand. Just a thought: remove "world's" from Line 3, as it's not necessarily needed, and moreover it merely makes that line a mouthful to get out of the mouth. Other than that you have a fine poem here. A real keeper! Well done!

[Mark]

Hi Austin,

WOW... first... i cannot believe that you have had only one review, though i can believe who that was... i read your profile... and am even more blown away... the passion in this tribute is both honest and heartfelt, and to my uneducated ear... your rhyme is free and easy... no forced lines for me, it helped with both the flow and emotion of the piece...

i believe that having passion (that is clearly stated here) is the key to achieving goals of the heart, i have no doubt that you will give you all to reach that end:)

thank you for sharing your poetry.

PS, i LOVE the music and how it sets as an underlying tone to carry the reader along, well done on all the layers.. I loved it :)

[Austin Jolly]

Your comments mean so much to me, thank you for reading my work! :)
I wrote this only only but 10 minutes, and didnt know if it was very good to the general public, but I guess I did a good job, thanks to your review!
It warms my heart knowing someone has taken a liking to my writings, and certainly motivates me to write more poems! :)
Thank you so much!

[Austin Jolly]

Oh, and April also helped me with posting the music, she certainly deserves credit as well :)