American Paratrooper Song - "Blood Upon the Risers"

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"Blood Upon the Risers" is an American paratrooper song from World War II. It is associated with all current airborne units, including the 101st Airborne Division, the 82nd Airborne Division, the 173rd Airborne Brigade and 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) of the 25th Infantry Division, and the 120th CTS (United States) as well as British airborne units. It is known as "Mancha Roja" (Spanish for "Red Stain") in airborne units from multiple Latin American countries. In Spain it is called "Sangre en las cuerdas" ("Blood upon the risers" in English).\nThe song is also a cautionary tale on the dangers of improper preparation of a parachute jump. The protagonist does everything right, but forgets to hook up his static line which would automatically deploy his main parachute; upon discovering this error during the jump, he deploys his reserve chute in bad falling position with disastrous results. As the reserve chute is stored in a belly bag on the World War II-era rig, deploying it in a bad falling position could easily lead to an accident, not unlike the one described in the song. "Risers" are the four straps that connect the suspension lines of the parachute canopy to the parachute harness.\n\nLYRICS (ENGLISH):\nHe was just a rookie trooper and he surely shook with fright,\nHe checked off his equipment and made sure his pack was tight;\nHe had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar,\nYou ain't gonna jump no more!\n\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nHe ain't gonna jump no more!\n\n"Is everybody happy?" cried the Sergeant looking up,\nOur hero feebly answered, "yes" and then they stood him up;\nHe jumped into the icy blast, his static line unhooked,\nAnd he ain't gonna jump no more!\n\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nHe ain't gonna jump no more!\n\nHe counted long, he counted loud, he waited for the shock,\nHe felt the wind, he felt the cold, he felt the awful drop,\nThe silk from his reserves spilled out, and wrapped around his legs,\nAnd he ain't gonna jump no more!\n\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nHe ain't gonna jump no more!\n\nThe risers swung around his neck, connectors cracked his dome,\nSuspension lines were tied in knots around his skinny bones;\nThe canopy became his shroud; he hurtled to the ground.\nAnd he ain't gonna jump no more!\n\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nHe ain't gonna jump no more!\n\nThe days he'd lived and loved and laughed kept running through his mind,\nHe thought about the girl back home, the one he'd left behind;\nHe thought about the medic corps, and wondered what they'd find,\nAnd he ain't gonna jump no more!\n\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nHe ain't gonna jump no more!\n\nThe ambulance was on the spot, the jeeps were running wild,\nThe medics jumped and screamed with glee, rolled up their sleeves and smiled,\nFor it had been a week or more since last a 'chute had failed,\nAnd he ain't gonna jump no more!\n\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nHe ain't gonna jump no more!\n\nHe hit the ground, the sound was "SPLAT", his blood went spurting high;\nHis comrades, they were heard to say "a hell of a way to die!"\nHe lay there, rolling 'round in the welter of his gore,\nAnd he ain't gonna jump no more!\n\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nHe ain't gonna jump no more!\n\nThere was blood upon the risers, there were brains upon the chute,\nIntestines were a-dangling from his paratroopers suit,\nHe was a mess, they picked him up, and poured him from his boots,\nAnd he ain't gonna jump no more\n\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nGory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,\nHe ain't gonna jump no more!
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American Paratrooper Song - "Blood Upon the Risers"

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