Duckworth Chant Ft Slocum 1945 VDisc TSgt Felice Intro & Main Version
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- In mid-1944, then-Pvt. Willie Lee Duckworth Sr., detached from Camp Kilmer NJ to Ft. Slocum NY for Provisional Training, devised a marching cadence. It is known first as the Duckworth Chant, later as the Jody Call; it was also copyrighted as Sound Off and various pop recordings were made of it. Although he first devised it on post, Duckworth led it (as the introduction here recounts) marching back from bivouac in nearby Ardsley. After Duckworth returned to post, he was called in by the Commanding Officer, Col. Bernard Lentz. (He is shown in front of the tent.) During WWI Lentz had invented The Cadence System of Teaching Close-Order Drill, and was enthusiastic about Duckworth's cadence. In the time remaining before returning to Kilmer, Lentz detailed Duckworth to work on the cadence with instructors in the Provisional Training Center, including T/Sgt Henry "Jack" Felice, seen on the viewer's right in the group shot, and WO Edward "Eddie" Sadowski, then leader of the post band, the 378th Army Service Forces Band. Felice reads the introduction, then leads the standard version of the Duckworth Chant; together these formed the A side of a V-Disc recorded at Slocum in Raymond Hall in 1945 with inmates of what had then become the Rehabilitation Center. (That is Felice leading the Chant in the marching photo with the water tower in the background.) After the War, Lentz copyrighted the chant as Sound Off; he shared the royalties with Duckworth, and to this day they continue to come in to both the Duckworth and Lentz families. In 2009 a committee of local admirers led by Rosby Gordon placed this granite marker on the grounds of the courthouse in Washington Co, GA, T/4 Duckworth's home county; at the same time a portion of GA State Hwy 252, running in front of Duckworth's house, was named in his honor. Duckworth's chant, the Jody, remains a staple both of military life and of popular culture (from the soundtracks of military-themed films to jingles such as SpongeBob Squarepants).
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We still used almost identical cadences when I went through Basic in 1974. RIP Private Duckworth!
Singing cadence was a true Moral BUILDER and helped tremendously to keep our minds off how much such we where going through.
You’re correct. It also assists with breathing when at the double. Forces you to expel all the air in your lungs and breath deeply on the intake enriching oxygen intake.
Served my time in the US Army. I was always called on to do marching and running cadences, but then again, I loved doing them. Guess it runs in the Duckworth blood. :-)
Keith Duckworth.... this my uncle and he's black....my uncle Willie wrote this song....
Hi Killa! Alas I was a bit too late to meet Pvt Duckworth but I did meet Ms Edna & Willie Jr. I enjoyed that. Hello to your family from the Ft Slocum alumni!
Are you blood-related?
@@weatherlye71 maybe, but not directly. If we are, then it would probably be many generations back as an off-shoot somewhere.
@@jduggan478 Do you want to come to Reno and do some vocals?
It's true, being able to loudly bitch about the army life improves morale. The fact that everyone in command knows it sucks and can sing a good cadence about it gives you a chance to blow some steam. I'm actually surprised they let this pass and made it part of training.
"You had a good home and you left."
"You're right!"
When you think about it, yeah, why? But Col Bernard Lentz (who commanded Ft Slocum during Pvt Duckworth's time, and promoted the chant) was among a generation of officers who valued morale as an important part of readiness. But then the question is, why did subsequent generations of officers permit it. (Some did, some didn't; Jodys have been banned at Annapolis; field-grade wives have been offended & husbands kicked-down retaliation on company-grade officers . . . )
“Your sister was home when you left, you’re right!”
@@davidturk6301 you're girl friend was home when you left. You're right!
That's why you left. You're Right!
Ain't no sense in going home, Jodie's got your girl and gone!
Ain't no sense in looking down. Ain't no pay checks on tbe ground!
That is so military history it makes me proud and brings tears. I've heard the chant all my life but never known how or who started it. This iconic chant is in the same boat as all the great tunes of various branches of the Armed services and songs by John Phillips Souza. Thanks channel.
This brave man was from my home town. He lived in Washington co. Ga. Town of sandersville. He has a road named for him.
My granddad served in the Army Air Corps stationed in Germany working on the old Horsa gliders back during WWII and I imagine he not only heard that cadence but probably said it a few times.
This is black excellence and black history. I'm honored to learn that a black man contributed this uplifting cadence to his peers in the time of war. It's also disturbing that this isn't taught in the school or in the military of America. I had to stumble up on this.
Cadences are mainly used for PT in the modern Army. This one is designed for marching, which was the primary use of cadences during WW2. Additionally, most of the lyrics don't make sense anymore unless you're familiar with the zeitgeist of 1940's America.
So basically it's not known much in the modern Army because it's not used anymore. I'm a WW2 re-enactor, and we use this all the time. People love it. :)
Archangelm127 wow that’s cool you got any real awesome military things I should take a look at?
This guy is my grandfather
Archangelm127 actually some parts of this cadence is still used in todays marching and running cadences, home when you left, jody, box me up and ship me home, to name a few.
Partly so. Some of the early verses really are time bound ("Gravel Gertie," for example.) But one of the original verses is: "If I die in a combat zone, box me up and send me home . . . " One still hears this verse in contemporary Jodys.
Hib-hub, hib-hub, hib-hub, hib-hub
The heads are up
The chests are out
The arms are swinging
And cadence count
Sound off (sound off)
Sound off (sound off)
Cadence count
1-2-3-4 (1-2, 3-4)
Enie, Meanie, Minie, Moe
Let's go back and count some more
Sound off (sound off)
Sound off (sound off)
Cadence count
1-2-3-4 (1-2, 3-4)
I had a good home, but I left (you're right)
I had a good home, but I left (you're right)
Jody was there, when I left (you're right)
Jody was there, when I left (you're right)
Sound off (1-2)
Sound off (3-4)
Cadence count
1-2-3-4 (1-2, 3-4)
I left gal away out west
I thought this army life was best
Now she's someone elses wife
And I'll be marchin' the rest of my life
Sound off (1-2)
Sound off (3-4)
1-2, 3-4
2, (2-3-4)
1-2-3-4, (1-2, 3-4)
The captain rides in a jeep
The sargent rides in a truck
The general rides in a limosine
But we're just out of luck
Sound off
Sound off
Cadence count
1-2-3-4 (1-2, 3-4)
Hib-hub, hib-hub, hib-hub, hib-hub
The heads are up
The chests are out
The arms are swinging
And cadence count
Sound off (sound off)
Sound off (sound off)
Cadence count
1-2-3-4 (1-2, 3-4)
Ennie, Meanie, Minnie, Moe
And let's go back and count somemore
Sound off
Sound off
Cadence count
1-2-3-4 (1-2, 3-4)
(1-2, 3-4)
(1-2, 3-4)
(1-2, 3-4)
Company halt
(1-2, 3-4)
We sang many marching cadences derived from this original when I was in Army OCS in the early '80's. Nice to know where it all started.
WW2 cadence at it's finest
Amazing historical contributions to military society.
Wow! I had no idea! Great history lesson. Thanks!
I lived this the man that came up with this chant half of my life, I called him daddy❤
love this chant.
first heard it in Battleground (1949)
I recognized it too from the movie. I love the chant.
Many thanks for publishing this original and for the explanation to the history of this famous military cadence. It's a great support for my research.
My pleasure. What's you research?
Michael Cavanaugh Just about this chant.
So efffin' awesome.
Original Jodie match.
Dang! Jody was there when I left for Basic in January '71 too, that peckerwood.
Me too in ‘64.
Don't wince. It's our shared history to remind us how far we've come together.
Sounds great. Better than what I heard and marched to.
Thanks for posting this I have been teaching about African call and response chanting in spiritual practices .
Chain gangs and Plantation workers also used this to keep morale.
Sailors would also sing Shanty songs on ships there are various theories but few suggest Ashanti (Ghana)
Ashé!
This has nothing to do with Africans or whatever Ashanti or shati u call it, this is black American history
@@ezrabrhane450do you understand what culture is and how it can be transported over time and distance?
@@caj4562 I know but our culture came from our own unique experience in America
Vaughn Monroe recorded this in 1951 it peaked at #3 on the pop singles chart that year
Did Basic at Fort Polk in Oct of '68, then to Flight School. Did Cadence in Flight School, but a little more Aviation oriented. And unfortunately most aren't recorded anywhere because of the obscene lyrics. No ladies around then!
1969 D 4/2 @ Polk and Class 70-17 @ Wolters
The Duckworth Chant
"The are swingin." Ya sure!
And Jody's been around for a long time!
I remembered those Jody Calls with fond memories. After 30 years I still start my run with the Jody Calls under my breath to establish my running rhythm. "Stand up, hook up, shuffle to door, jump right out and count to four. If my chute don't open wide, I got another one by my side..."
this is awesome :)
Did this at Fort Bragg, NC in 1967, C-10-2.
Thank you for this. Because of the kindness of The Farmer's Dog, I promised them a song for them and their dogs. I am going to use this in conjunction with Marilyn Mason's The Beautiful People to comprise and compose a song that gives thanks to what I consider God's most wonderful creatures, and that's the dog. YES, man was His crowning glory but when did He ever say He had regretted making dogs? Nowhere! Also, my vet told me even some dogs are evil, so this is only for the good ones. (It's hard for me to grasp the FACT that Eve was the one who ruined everything...)
TODAY IS THE DAY! I'm sending this video to producer/engineer Tom Gordon to see if we can emulate the voices of this in the song for The Farmer's Dog. Then it's ready to mix and master. We were holding off because Tom said we need a piccolo in it, but we just couldn't find a player here in Reno-Sparks. The point of this is weary comrades. Willie Duckworth wrote this as encouragement to his weary comrades. I'm trying to follow in his footsteps. (PS, I almost misspelled his name because of Joni Mitchell's song "Willy".)
At Fort Ord 66 marched to this a lot .
The birth of the words “Hip Hop”
We we singing about Jodi at Ft. Sill back in '82
Similar cadence when I went to basic training last year
It all makes sense now. When i was in US Army basic, in 1987, only the black drill Sargeants would do cadence. We had like 2-3 drill Sargeants per platoon, approximately 10 drill sargeants in the company. Only 1 of the white DS would do cadence ask the others wouldn't. I guess maybe they sucked. Even some of the black trainees would do cadence.
Ha, the guy in the guy 2nd in the back of third squad isn't in step
Would it help to know that this is a Rehab Class for troops convicted of minor offences? They're getting refresher training (but as you observe, it might not always work . . . )
Is this where "I don't know but I've been told" came from?
Yes. That is one of the verses that has been censored out on many posts . . . (you know what line follows).
Well this actually was cool to know...I'm army and hell it sounds almost like it was our cadence and nothing was as fun as heavy hitting sgt who call
I hope somebody will post the whole original lyrics
FBA LEADS THE WAY!!!
Should make a movie about this.
First time I heard this was today and my first thoughts it has the origins of slavery in the cotton and cane field
Now they have soldiers singing kumbaya and holding hands
You have to be able to count to four. That's not easy…
Second to last man our of step
Going to the gas chamber . 3 plt was not sounding off, but coming from the gas chamber , they could hear a half mile away ! The Drill sergeant stated , he should take 3rd platoon to gas chamber daily to motivate us !
Always Jodi, Jodi needs to be locked up
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Watch out for Jodi, get your girl!
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From the hearts of slaves to free men , preparing to defend that freedom , willingly .. only in the USA,,
Happy Black History Month🤞🏾❤️from private white
Why, that’s the Czechoslovakian National Anthem 😧 !
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Joe D Grinder.
"Mr Jody Grinder, meet Mr GI Joe." (GI Joe, conveniently, kept his service .45 after demobilizing from the war . . . )
A Black person is behind cadence wow and imagine there is racist people in military singing all along...
🤣🤣🤣🤣I was thinking the same thing, chanting to the old school slave chants and loving it.
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Looks like Germany invented cadence songs like at least 50 years before