Lyrics to "The Ballad of 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.
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.
Frank Loesser Songwriter, Composer and Broadway Director
http://www.frankloesser.com/ - Guys and Gals still Playing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Loesser
http://www.frankloesser.com/work/worldwar 18 songs to Aid the War Effort
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
Pvt. Rodger W. Young, US ARMY
http://www.medalofhonor.com/RodgerYoung.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Rodger_Young
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodger_Wilton_Young
The Song Sung Full Version 4 Minutes 30 some seconds
MP3 version by West Point Choir - 1959 on west-point.org server
Copy on my Server RodgerYoung1959
http://www.west-point.org/ a Private USMA Graduate Help and Connection Organization Web Site.
West Point: The United States Military Academy http://www.usma.edu/
Online copy of book
by the Man who Wrote the Award Citation
http://dwrighsr.tripod.com/heinlein/ryoung.html
Robert Anson Heinlein Web Page
The Ballad of Roger Young
The Real Story
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