Jody Calls

Jody Call Information Paper
  • The History of Military Cadences
  • The Duckworth Chant
  • The Origin, Benefits, and Spread of the Jody Call
  • Changing with the Army
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List of Contemporary Jody Calls
  • Saw an Old Lady
  • C-130
  • My Granny
  • Everywhere We Go
  • Loose Double-Time Couplets
  • Up in the Morning
  • When I Get to Heaven
  • Count Cadence, Delay Cadence
  • Mama, Mama
  • Pebbles and Bam Bam
  • Follow Me (Variant)
  • Choppers Coming
  • Four Winds
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List of Heritage Jody Calls
  • “They Say that in the Army”
  • “Gee, Mom, I Wanna Go Home”
  • “The Duckworth Chant/Sound Off”
  • “WAC Sound Off”
  • “A Vietnam-era Ranger Call”
  • “Marching Cadences of the 187th Battle Group (101st Airborne Division)”
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