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My Girl’s a Vegetable | Military Cadence
(Lyrics & History)

In the U.S. Military, "Jodies" are call-and-response chants that serve as more than just a rhythm. They bring soldiers together, build morale, and highlight the strong traditions that define military life.

My Girl's a Vegetable is commonly chanted during marches. Obviously satire, the cadence utilizes dark humor and some very exaggerated, grim imagery to tell a fictional story about a Soldier's girlfriend who is in a vegetative state.

 

Honestly, I have no further words for this one… You’ll have to hear it to believe it.

Lyrics

My girl’s a vegetable

She lives in a hospital

And I would do anything

To keep her alive

 

My girl’s got no arms or legs

Just a couple wooden pegs

And I would do anything

To keep her alive

 

My girl’s got color TV

It’s called an EKG

And I would do anything

To keep her alive

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Song Name: My Girl's A Vegetable
Album Name: Cadences Volume 4
by Jonathan Michael Fleming

​​Sometimes I like to joke

Pull the plug and watch her choke

And I would do anything

To keep her alive

Each time she breaths in air

She sounds like Darth Vader

But I would do anything

To keep her alive

She prefers pureed food

Sucks it down with a plastic tube

But I would do anything

To keep her alive

DISCLAIMERS:

The lyrics and music to the above cadence are not original to me. To the best of my knowledge, the song is in the public domain, as the author is unknown and has simply been handed down generation-to-generation within the US military.

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