This page provides pretty much all the Army songs that I know of.
Do contact me or leave a comment (see below) if you wish to add anything onto this list!
In order from my favourite to my least liked:
PS. You’ll notice that all songs first start with:
“Echo after me ah! (Echo after you ah)
Echo even louder (Echo even louder)…”
C130
“C130 rolling down the street
[Coy name] warriors took a little trip
Stand up, hook it up, shuffle to the door
Jump right out by the count of four ya
[Chorus]
Oh wa eh ya
Left right eh ya
Oh wa eh ya
Left right left
If my shoot doesn’t open wide
I got a spare one by my side
If that one doesn’t open too
Oh hard ground I am coming for you
[Repeat Chorus]
If I land in the Russian Front
Bury me with a Russian gun
If I land in the Vietnam War
Send me back to Singapore
[Repeat Chorus]
If I land in Sentosa,
Send me back by cable car
If I land in the Old Folk’s Home
Pack me up and send me home
[Repeat Chorus]
Tell my mom I’ve done my best
Now it’s time for me to rest
Tell my girl I’ve done my best
Silver wings upon my chest
[Repeat Chorus]“
FYI: C130 is an old military aircraft.
Purple light
Purple light
In the valley
That is where, I wanna be
[Coy name], best companions
(With my rifle and my buddy and me)
SOC, sibei jialat
IPPT, lagi worse
Every day, kena pumping
With my rifle and my buddy and me
Booking out, saw my girlfriend
Saw her with, another man
Scold the man, dump my girlfriend
(With my rifle and my buddy and me)
ORD, back to study
Get degree, so happy
Can’t forget, days in army
(With my rifle and my buddy and me)
Purple light
At the warfront
That is where, my buddy dies
If I die
(Would you bury me?)
(With my rifle and my buddy and me)“
Tiny Bubbles
“Tiny bubbles
In my beer
Makes me happy
And full of cheer
[Chorus]
Your left your left
Your left right left
Your left your left
Your military left
See I don’t know
But I’ve been told
That the army
Is good as gold
[Repeat Chorus]
Tiny bubbles
In my wine
Makes me happy
All the time
See I don’t know
But I’ve been told
That the soldiers
Are mighty bold
[Repeat Chorus]
Tiny bubbles
In my Whiskey
Makes me happy
And a little frisky“
Book-out song
“I
NRIC RANK and NAME
Hereby declare that
(Today is our book out day)
(Book out, book out)
(Today is our book out day)
(Book out book out day YA!)
(Book out book out day, book out book out day)
(Today is our book out day)
(Book out book out day YA!)“
Left Toe Right Toe
“Left toe right toe, keep up the tempo
Left toe right toe, wey lo wey lo ah
Here we go again
Same old thing again
Up and down this avenue
(x) more days and we’ll be through
(x) more days to book out day
Book out book out day
Wey lo wey lo wey lo wey lo ha HA!
Wey lo wey lo wey lo wey lo hoo ha HA!
Up the hill
Down the slope
Up the slope
Down the hill
Any sweat?
(No sweat, chicken feet ha ha)
(All the way)“
Airborne
“A is for Airborne
I is for infantry
R is for rough and tough
B is for born to fly
O is for on the go
R is for ready
N is for never quit
E is for everything
Down by the, by the, by the river
Took a little walk
Ran into some terrorists
Had a little talk
We push them (Ha!)
Kick them (Ha!)
Kamehameh (Ha! Ha!)
Into the river
Watch them drown
We don’t need no terrorists
Hanging around
Oh, don’t be a fool
Somebody said we are number 2
(Not true!)
We are number 1
[Coy name]!“
Popular Chao Keng Version
“A is for Attend C
I is for Injury
R is for Report sick
B is for Born to Keng
O is for OOC
R is for RMJ
N is for Never do
E is for Everything
Down by the MO
Took a little walk
Ran into the MO
Had a little talk
Beg him (Ha!)
Plead him (Ha!)
Beg him, plead him (Ha! Ha!)
Got out of the MO
With my Attend C
We don’t need no training
Just go home and sleep“
Come on over
[Chorus]
“Come on over
The war’s not over
So put your rifle next to mine
And we’re shooting down the line
I shot insurgent 1
I did that just for fun
So put your rifle next to mine
And we’re shooting down the line
[Repeat Chorus]
I shot insurgent 2
I did that just for you
So put your rifle next to mine
And we’re rolling down the line
[Repeat Chorus]
I shot insurgent 3
I did that to set us free
So put your shoulder next to mine
And we’re moving down the line
[Repeat Chorus]
I shot insurgent 4
I did that to win the war
So put your rifle next to mine
And we’re shooting down the line
[Repeat Chorus]
I shot insurgent 5
I did that to stay alive
So put your rifle next to mine
And we’re shooting down the line
[Repeat Chorus]“
The best part of the NS song is that you may repeat ‘I shot insurgent x’ as many times as you want.
However, make sure the next line after ‘insurgent x’ rhymes
I Left My Home
“I left my home
To join the army
I left my home
To join the army
The day I left
My mama cried
She thought that I
Would surely die
I left my wife standing at the door
She knew that I
Would die at war
I left my son
Playing in the yard
Seeing daddy leave
Made him cry real hard
The day I left
I shook my daddy’s hand
He said that I
Had become a man
Oh wee oh wee
Oh wee oh wee
Oh wee oh wee
To join the army“
I Left My Home
“In the early morning march
With a field pack/assault bag on my back (OR ‘With my buddy by my side’)
And an aching in my heart
And my body full of sweat
I’m a long long way from home
And I miss my mama so
In the early morning march
When the cold wind blows.
When the cold wind blows!
When the cold wind blows~
When the cold wind blows.
Cause I miss you so
I know I know
You have to go
So hurry back home
Cause I miss you so
我要回家 (wǒ yào huí jiā）
我要回家
我要回家
回家睡觉 (huí jiā shuì jiào)
Aku na balik
Aku na balik
Aku na balik
Balik tidur“
When the whistle blows
“When the whistle blows
Silence everywhere
And the flag goes up
In the battalion square
Soldiers all around
Never let you down
Cause we are the best
In the SAF
[Chorus]
So echo~, echo out loud
[Coy name] warriors never let you down ya
So echo~, echo even louder
[Coy name] warriors never let you down ya
Up in the sky
Where the planes fly high
And the parachutes bloom
Like flowers in the sky
I wanna be
A [Coy name] warrior
Cause we are the best
In the SAF
[Repeat Chorus]
Down by the sea
Where the ships sail free
And the cannons go boom
Like thunder in the sky
I wanna be
A [Coy name] warrior
Cause we are the best
In the SAF
[Repeat Chorus]“
Army Life
“They say that in the army, the food is very nice
You ask for curry chicken, they give you chao ta rice
I don’t wanna live an army life ya
I just wanna live a simple life ya
They say that in the army, the sergeants very nice
You ask for early book out, they tell you drop down 5
I don’t wanna live an army life ya
I just wanna live a simple life ya
They say that in the army, the rifles very nice
But when you pull the trigger, the bullet fly behind
I don’t wanna live an army life ya
I just wanna live a simple life ya
They say that in the army, the pay is very fine
They give you hundred dollars, then take back ninety-nine
I don’t wanna live an army life ya
I just wanna live a simple life ya“
Training to be soldiers
“Training to be soldiers
Fight for our land
Once in our lives
Two years of our time
[Chorus]
Have you ever wondered?
Why must we serve?
Because we love our land
(And we want it to be free to be free, YA!)
Looking all around us
People everywhere
Children having fun
While we are holding guns
[Repeat Chorus]“
Hentak Kaki Song
The dreaded one, whenever you hear the command “Hentak Kaki cepat Hentak!” (march on the spot) you’ll need to sing(shout) this out.
Count by the count by the left foot count ya
“(One!)
Can’t hear your ah!
(Two!)
Shout louder ah!
(Three!)
Much better ah!
(Four!)
All together now!
(One! Two! Three! Four!)
(We)
(Come from a company)
(Famous in BMT)
(Come from a very special company)
(Fight for glory)
(Fight for victory)
(Fight with a spirit never seen before)
([Coy name]! [Coy name]! all the way)
(We like it here we like it here)
(We found ourselves a home)
(A home (WHAT), a home (WHAT), a home sweet home)“
BMT ROAR (POP SONG)
“BMT, are you ready?
(READY)
ATTENTION!
ON GUARD!
(ROAR)
(Start banging limbs in rhythm)
(One… Two… Three… Four…)
(We are the warriors of the SAF)
(Spirit of the bayonet in our blood)
(Brothers in arms, comrades for life)
(Against all odds, we will strive)
(BMT will thrash you HA, crush you HA)
(BMT will beat you HA, toughen you HA)
(ROAR)
To Excel! (Through basics!)
To Excel! (Through basics!)“
A note from me:
You don’t have to follow these lyrics to a tee. Change them around as you see fit as long as it fits with the rhythm of the song. Happy singing 🙂
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