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The Ballad Of the Green Beret
by Barry Sadler
Fighting
soldiers from the sky,
Fearless
men who jump and die,
Men who mean
just what they say
The brave
men of the Green Beret.
Silver wings
upon their chests,
These are
men, America's best,
One hundred
men we'll test today,
But only
three win the Green Beret.
Trained to
live off nature's land,
Trained in
combat, hand to hand,
Men who fight
by night and day,
Courage take
from the Green Beret.
Silver wings
upon their chests,
These are
men, America's best,
Men who mean
just what they say,
The brave
men of the Green Beret.
Back at home
a young wife waits,
Her Green
Beret has met his fate,
He has died
for those oppressed,
Leaving her
this last request:
Put silver
wings on my son's chest,
Make him
one of America's best,
He'll be
a man they'll test one day,
Have him
win the Green Beret.
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