Ah yes. A paratrooper falling to his death. What a great song for kids! But seriously, it is pretty gruesome. When my half-brother (from my biological mom, it's a long story!) graduated from the Air Force Academy, they had everyone graduating sing it in front of everyone. The look on some of the faces of their parents was priceless.
“'Hitler made only one big mistake when he built his Atlantic Wall,' the paratroopers liked to say. 'He forgot to put a roof on it.'" -Stephen E. Ambrose
His generals used their paratroopers several times to great effect. The reason the Europeans aren't all speaking German today is because he thought because he was a corporal in WWI he was smarter than the men who took most of eastern Europe without firing a single round, conquered Poland in a couple weeks and defeated the French in the largest and most intricate defenses ever built. The generals who would have conquered all of north Africa and the middle east and would have secured the oil fields needed to continue the war. The mp43...had he switched to them in 1940 they would have had the best battle rifle on planet earth that was select fire, had an intermediate cartridge and a 30 round magazine...against bolt action rifles until we got there with our 30-06 rifle cartridged, 8 round internal magazine fed at the breach by a clip, semiautomatic M1 Garand, which gave us a tactical advantage of fire power that we would have not had... Had he allowed their jet fighter/patrol aircraft be built in great numbers instead of demanding more prop driven penatration bombers, had he not told his eastern army to go to Russia in the fall without winter clothes and to continue to advance in ice and snow instead of building defensive perimeters and dug in their tanks instead of being so far out from supply lines and lines of communication that men froze and starved to death and had their mules die of the same, their tanks be destroyed by the engines siezing up because they had no petrol to run them and they couldn't defend themselves... Or maybe not fight a two front war while also fighting a smaller conflict in north Africa. He was not a military tactician and definitely not a military strategist. More like a military moron. And the dumbest thing ever by any head of state in world history....declare war on the one country whose industrial power was double that of all of Europe combined who had just been attacked by Japan and whose country was united in a singular goal of kicking the ass of those who attacked them without provacation and anyone else who was looking to get their asses kicked.
Back in 1968 when I went through Jump School They played this over the loud speakers as we marched in the morning to our long day of arduous training. I have never forgotten what it was like. I jumped and realized that my fear of death was less than my fear of failure. It is why I value my Silver Wings that I earned as a paratrooper. Later I earned my Green Beret but those wings ar special to me.
“Blood on the Risers” is an American paratrooper song from World War II. Sung to the tune of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” the song tells of a fatal training jump of a rookie paratrooper whose parachute fails to deploy, resulting in him falling to his death.
My great Granda served as a British navy, which is one of the reasons im so interested in joining the army someday but for now im doing army cadets as someday im going to be like him but in the army and not the navy. I resepct all who has fallen for my freedom today and i wish everyone enlisting good luck as you pursue a fantastic job.
Verse 1] He was just a rookie trooper and he surely shook with fright, He checked off his equipment and made sure his pack was tight; He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar, You ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more [Verse 2] "Is everybody happy?" cried the Sergeant looking up, Our hero feebly answered, "yes" and then they stood him up; He jumped into the icy blast, his static line unhooked, And he ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more [Verse 3] He counted long, he counted loud, he waited for the shock, He felt the wind, he felt the cold, he felt the awful drop, The silk from his reserves spilled out, and wrapped around his legs, And he ain't gonna jump no more Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more [Verse 4] The risers swung around his neck, connectors cracked his dome, Suspension lines were tied in knots around his skinny bones; The canopy became his shroud; he hurtled to the ground. And he ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more [Verse 5] The days he'd lived and loved and laughed kept running through his mind, He thought about the girl back home, the one he'd left behind; He thought about the medic corps, and wondered what they'd find, And he ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no moreVerse 6] The ambulance was on the spot, the jeeps were running wild, The medics jumped and screamed with glee, they rolled their sleeves and smiled, For it had been a week or more since last a 'chute had failed, And he ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more [Verse 7] He hit the ground, the sound was "SPLAT", his blood went spurting high; His comrades, they were heard to say "a hell of a way to die!" He lay there, rolling 'round in the welter of his gore, And he ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more [Verse 8] There was blood upon the risers, there were brains upon the chute, Intestines were a-dangling from his paratroopers suit, He was a mess, they picked him up, and poured him from his boots, And he ain't gonna jump no more
Imagine you’re some random German kid in the middle of france and suddenly this song plays in the background, you hear something coming from above so you look up, and hundreds of crazy yankee motherfuckers start raining down from the sky onto your position… Fuckin OP…
Long before the Band of Brothers series when I was a kid I knew a dad in the neighborhood who was a 101 vet from Bastogne and Holland - I think he was a captain or a major - I'm not sure if he jumped into Normandy - Just a regular easy going family guy.
I may only be 15, But when I listen to this I get crazy chills. I plan on joining the military once I’m 18. Thank you to all those who protect our country 🫡
I don’t think everyone gets the fact that this song was made to comfort them in their final moments , singing this song before battle expecting to die a gruesome death , now a days people cry and whimper over getting yelled at work by their manager
One could argue that our forefathers died those gruesome deaths so that way the worst thing their descendants would ever have to face was an angry manager.
Oh shut up. Quit shitting on younger generations for NOT having to face a gruesome death. Do you WANT us to die horribly? No body should ever have had to die that way. Nowadays, most of us are stuck knowing that we will never be able to retire, own a house, or have children. We will be non stop wage slaves until our bodies and minds can't function anymore. Then we'll be neglected in low funded state nursing homes, stewing in our own piss and shit. Inflation will continue to rise while our wages will continue to stagnate. When faced with this reality, I would cry too if the person in control of our dwindling pay check had a negative opinion on our ability to work. Please, stop talking
I really like this song because it’s a great morale song, with a very important and informative lesson… make sure that you pack your own shut, and triple check to see if you are connected to a static line.
The yanks are flying fortresses at 40,000 feet The yanks are flying fortresses at 40,000 feet The yanks are flying fortresses at 40,000 feet And he aint gonna jump no more
@@-GloryGloryToOlGeorgia yea I figured they'd change the lyrics but still man I can't imagine playing in that band and getting to play that as a fight song
@@cameraboy07 dude it’s awesome when you got a hundred man brass band blasting glory glory wile 95000 diehard sports fans yell is unison. People aren’t kidding when they say you can hear when Georgia scores from a mile away!
I would enjoy listening to this song, but the crazy women where I live would only hear part of the lyrics and go to staff saying I'm a psychopath. I can't risk it.
Why? As a real paratrooper (C/1/504) this song in no way applies to you. Unless you want to strap on 150 lbs of gear with your fancy outfit and jump at 750 ft in the middle of the night.
@@michaelbeaman892f you just based him.😊 I agree with you being paratrooper and skydiver is like being apple and pear you have one common thing and that's sky.😊 Btw my great great grandfather was in 82nd Airborne Division and in D-Day he was send between St.Mére Église he died there and home he had one son and women he loved the most.😢
Is everybody happy the Sergeant cried the looking up our heroes bravely Answered yes and then they stood him up he jumped into the blast a aesthetic line of hope and he ain't gonna jump no more gory gory gory what a hell of a way to die gory gory gory gory what a hell of a way to die gory goru gory what a hell of a way to die he aint gonna jump no more
why did the USA only fight against third-rate or fourth-rate armies today and you are still proud of it? are you afraid of losing like against the viet-cong? The American military can no longer win against an equivalent army without allies, especially in Europe and Eastern Europe. If only you would finally understand that.
There is a fundamental difference between something like the Viet-cong and a near peer nation, the Viet-cont was an insurgency, which is much harder to fight than a neer peer nation because insurgencies don't have to wear uniforms, and they can use guerilla tactics, and much more, weirdly enough, tactically, it's easier to fight a near peer.
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My dad was a 5th Ranger, Company C, Omaha Beach - he used to sing this song to us kids when we were growing up. Great song for young kids to listen to
Also a very sad song too :(
Ah yes. A paratrooper falling to his death. What a great song for kids!
But seriously, it is pretty gruesome. When my half-brother (from my biological mom, it's a long story!) graduated from the Air Force Academy, they had everyone graduating sing it in front of everyone. The look on some of the faces of their parents was priceless.
I love this song I listen to it when I was 3 I'm 23 now. I've been listening to it for 20 years
Awesome, Rudders Rangers. RLTW!
My drill instructors father knew one of the 2 survivors from the Canadian c company during the Juno Beach landings
“'Hitler made only one big mistake when he built his Atlantic Wall,' the paratroopers liked to say. 'He forgot to put a roof on it.'" -Stephen E. Ambrose
that is actually real funny
Ah band of brothers such an incredible book!
His generals used their paratroopers several times to great effect. The reason the Europeans aren't all speaking German today is because he thought because he was a corporal in WWI he was smarter than the men who took most of eastern Europe without firing a single round, conquered Poland in a couple weeks and defeated the French in the largest and most intricate defenses ever built. The generals who would have conquered all of north Africa and the middle east and would have secured the oil fields needed to continue the war. The mp43...had he switched to them in 1940 they would have had the best battle rifle on planet earth that was select fire, had an intermediate cartridge and a 30 round magazine...against bolt action rifles until we got there with our 30-06 rifle cartridged, 8 round internal magazine fed at the breach by a clip, semiautomatic M1 Garand, which gave us a tactical advantage of fire power that we would have not had...
Had he allowed their jet fighter/patrol aircraft be built in great numbers instead of demanding more prop driven penatration bombers, had he not told his eastern army to go to Russia in the fall without winter clothes and to continue to advance in ice and snow instead of building defensive perimeters and dug in their tanks instead of being so far out from supply lines and lines of communication that men froze and starved to death and had their mules die of the same, their tanks be destroyed by the engines siezing up because they had no petrol to run them and they couldn't defend themselves...
Or maybe not fight a two front war while also fighting a smaller conflict in north Africa. He was not a military tactician and definitely not a military strategist. More like a military moron.
And the dumbest thing ever by any head of state in world history....declare war on the one country whose industrial power was double that of all of Europe combined who had just been attacked by Japan and whose country was united in a singular goal of kicking the ass of those who attacked them without provacation and anyone else who was looking to get their asses kicked.
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Hilter has a small country but kill more aß sowiet and US
Back in 1968 when I went through Jump School They played this over the loud speakers as we marched in the morning to our long day of arduous training. I have never forgotten what it was like. I jumped and realized that my fear of death was less than my fear of failure. It is why I value my Silver Wings that I earned as a paratrooper. Later I earned my Green Beret but those wings ar special to me.
You guys were beyond brave! Hats off Sir (unless you worked for a living😉😂)
My deepest respects to you.
Singing this in basic training gave me chills. Just listening to it again gives me goosebumps
I can beat that. Hearing it played as you a double timed onto the school grounds on your first day of Jump School.
Dude fr
Getting a redbull ad at the intro is wild
I got an ad about lip gloss?
Wiiiiings 😂
RIP Vincent J. Sparanza, he aint gonna jump no more. 🫡
“Blood on the Risers” is an American paratrooper song from World War II. Sung to the tune of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” the song tells of a fatal training jump of a rookie paratrooper whose parachute fails to deploy, resulting in him falling to his death.
Woah really? I never would've guessed by how the song is
I don't think this is a training jump.
@@Eyelingthey why are medics running to him immediately after the fall
@@xxfrosty609xx3 Because he died.
@@Eyeling while training
My great Granda served as a British navy, which is one of the reasons im so interested in joining the army someday but for now im doing army cadets as someday im going to be like him but in the army and not the navy. I resepct all who has fallen for my freedom today and i wish everyone enlisting good luck as you pursue a fantastic job.
Verse 1]
He was just a rookie trooper and he surely shook with fright,
He checked off his equipment and made sure his pack was tight;
He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar,
You ain't gonna jump no more
[Chorus]
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
He ain't gonna jump no more
[Verse 2]
"Is everybody happy?" cried the Sergeant looking up,
Our hero feebly answered, "yes" and then they stood him up;
He jumped into the icy blast, his static line unhooked,
And he ain't gonna jump no more
[Chorus]
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
He ain't gonna jump no more
[Verse 3]
He counted long, he counted loud, he waited for the shock,
He felt the wind, he felt the cold, he felt the awful drop,
The silk from his reserves spilled out, and wrapped around his legs,
And he ain't gonna jump no more
Chorus]
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
He ain't gonna jump no more
[Verse 4]
The risers swung around his neck, connectors cracked his dome,
Suspension lines were tied in knots around his skinny bones;
The canopy became his shroud; he hurtled to the ground.
And he ain't gonna jump no more
[Chorus]
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
He ain't gonna jump no more
[Verse 5]
The days he'd lived and loved and laughed kept running through his mind,
He thought about the girl back home, the one he'd left behind;
He thought about the medic corps, and wondered what they'd find,
And he ain't gonna jump no more
[Chorus]
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
He ain't gonna jump no moreVerse 6]
The ambulance was on the spot, the jeeps were running wild,
The medics jumped and screamed with glee, they rolled their sleeves and smiled,
For it had been a week or more since last a 'chute had failed,
And he ain't gonna jump no more
[Chorus]
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
He ain't gonna jump no more
[Verse 7]
He hit the ground, the sound was "SPLAT", his blood went spurting high;
His comrades, they were heard to say "a hell of a way to die!"
He lay there, rolling 'round in the welter of his gore,
And he ain't gonna jump no more
[Chorus]
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
He ain't gonna jump no more
[Verse 8]
There was blood upon the risers, there were brains upon the chute,
Intestines were a-dangling from his paratroopers suit,
He was a mess, they picked him up, and poured him from his boots,
And he ain't gonna jump no more
The lyrics are brilliant...and chilling.
I went to a military school and one of my Cadre played this every morning that he worked. That was the best 5 and a half months of my life
Gives me goosebumps.. thank you all to those who have served.
My father was in the 101st Airborne 506D and he loved this song! Jack A. Zachary 8/8/1924 to 11/6/2011.
Roommate: “Please tell me you’re not about to play Halo: ODST again?”
Me already in the drop pod:
🫡 🫡🫡🫡🫡
He was just a rookie trooper and he surely shook with fright
My uncle was apart of the 101st airborne during the Vietnam war and he taught me this song still love to hear it
Imagine you’re some random German kid in the middle of france and suddenly this song plays in the background, you hear something coming from above so you look up, and hundreds of crazy yankee motherfuckers start raining down from the sky onto your position…
Fuckin OP…
The WWII version of hearing Fortunate Son and seeing choppers headed your way.
😂
There was a battle, where the german killed thoudend of paratroopers in the air. Sadly they were a easy target
Ekhem Market-Garden?
I had never paid attention to the lyrics nor had heard the song at its fullest but it was a total experience and a very chilling one...
Long before the Band of Brothers series when I was a kid I knew a dad in the neighborhood who was a 101 vet from Bastogne and Holland - I think he was a captain or a major - I'm not sure if he jumped into Normandy - Just a regular easy going family guy.
I love singing this song while marching
"She hates that dog!"
Capt. Lewis Nixon
dont forget to clip on your static line
I got my first day of jump week tomorrow 😬
@@reece577 good luck!
@@reece577 lol you still alive man
@@kpenis17 Yes I did it, all 5 jumps and I was scared as shit every single time. I’m at Bragg now
@@reece577 best wishes to you and thank you for your service. 👍🏾❤️🇺🇸❤️
This song always makes me cry.
In 1966 we sang that when we ran the track around the towers
I didn't get to play in the sky. I served in the U.S.M.C and got to play in the mud. What a bummer.
Our children will play this song before they go landing on Mars' surface
I hope not that would be disrespectful
If the world was going to end this would prob be the last thing I would listen to
Best song in WW2
Other than Erika and Säkkijärven polkka
@Adolf Hitler I bet this song awakens Fuhrer's PTSD caused by the 82nd and 101st.
Erika is best
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I like more "Der mächtige König im Luftrevier" or "green is our parashoot".
I may only be 15, But when I listen to this I get crazy chills. I plan on joining the military once I’m 18. Thank you to all those who protect our country 🫡
Good luck to you, but you're taking a great risk.
Make sure they put airborne in your contract
study hard go to airforce
I don’t think everyone gets the fact that this song was made to comfort them in their final moments , singing this song before battle expecting to die a gruesome death , now a days people cry and whimper over getting yelled at work by their manager
One could argue that our forefathers died those gruesome deaths so that way the worst thing their descendants would ever have to face was an angry manager.
When we were waiting to board a C130 for our first jump, everyone believed in God.
Oh shut up. Quit shitting on younger generations for NOT having to face a gruesome death. Do you WANT us to die horribly? No body should ever have had to die that way.
Nowadays, most of us are stuck knowing that we will never be able to retire, own a house, or have children. We will be non stop wage slaves until our bodies and minds can't function anymore. Then we'll be neglected in low funded state nursing homes, stewing in our own piss and shit. Inflation will continue to rise while our wages will continue to stagnate. When faced with this reality, I would cry too if the person in control of our dwindling pay check had a negative opinion on our ability to work.
Please, stop talking
I really like this song because it’s a great morale song, with a very important and informative lesson… make sure that you pack your own shut, and triple check to see if you are connected to a static line.
the song seems familiar in youtube kids🤔
Pretty good
The best
I just found out thid was an actual song. I kept thinking this was some kind of parody.
This song makes my internal clock tell me its time to die in a random field in europe
Hitler did not expect the paratroopers
Probably because his own Falschirmjaegers weren't all that great.
I had to learn this in airborne school.
Rip Vinny
This song and the German “Erika” are my favorite soldiers songs.
Great job!! 👍
Glory to 101st Airborne!!!
The yanks are flying fortresses at 40,000 feet
The yanks are flying fortresses at 40,000 feet
The yanks are flying fortresses at 40,000 feet
And he aint gonna jump no more
RIP Vincent J. Speranza
Why it sounds like "hinter den bergen strahlet die sonne"?😅
yeah i dont know why it sounds like that
If I had a country, this will be the national anthem
a national anthem telling about a rookie who died because he didn't check the static line?
@@vssb6186 The anthem of Spanish Bermeja is about a man having a heart attack
What song is better
Blood Upon The Risers
Or
Erika
Blood upon the risers.
Erika, def close though, granted Erika is a lot more peaceful lmao
Teufelslied
Thanks from Spanish Paratrooper
Why am I crying?
Me and my friends 3 hours into the nerf war
I'm just here because of that "Death by thighs" meme 😅😅
This is the university of georgias fight song btw.
That's kinda heavy for a fight song, metal as shit though
@@cameraboy07 na it’s awesome. But the lyrics are glory glory to old Georgia instead if glory glory what a hell of a way to die
@@-GloryGloryToOlGeorgia yea I figured they'd change the lyrics but still man I can't imagine playing in that band and getting to play that as a fight song
@@cameraboy07 dude it’s awesome when you got a hundred man brass band blasting glory glory wile 95000 diehard sports fans yell is unison. People aren’t kidding when they say you can hear when Georgia scores from a mile away!
@@-GloryGloryToOlGeorgia man that's awesome, would love to see it in person!
🕊
The only thing all people are truly equally in is death and death smiles at us all, all we can do is smile back
Grazie
I would enjoy listening to this song, but the crazy women where I live would only hear part of the lyrics and go to staff saying I'm a psychopath. I can't risk it.
RIP PFC Speranza!
Photo is from Turkish invasion of Cyprus
The cadence is "military perfect" '-' Hard to follow without memorising.
As as skydiver I want everyone at my funeral to sing this.
Why? As a real paratrooper (C/1/504) this song in no way applies to you. Unless you want to strap on 150 lbs of gear with your fancy outfit and jump at 750 ft in the middle of the night.
@@michaelbeaman892f you just based him.😊
I agree with you being paratrooper and skydiver is like being apple and pear you have one common thing and that's sky.😊
Btw my great great grandfather was in 82nd Airborne Division and in D-Day he was send between St.Mére Église he died there and home he had one son and women he loved the most.😢
Red bull gives you wings😂
Check your gear, not everyone lives to see combat
Good for war games
Rip Vincent j Speranza
Name music:
Blood on the risers ( glory what a hell of a way )
Is everybody happy the Sergeant cried the looking up our heroes bravely Answered yes and then they stood him up he jumped into the blast a aesthetic line of hope and he ain't gonna jump no more gory gory gory what a hell of a way to die gory gory gory gory what a hell of a way to die gory goru gory what a hell of a way to die he aint gonna jump no more
Always thought it said " glory"
🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡
I have never lead so many wolves lead by many sheeps
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
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Band of brothers anyone.
Yep.
89%📲📉
Glory glory man united
Who is performing this version?
Herbert SOBEL EASY 101 82 all america ( $)
Rest in peace Americans, and respect to everyones grandfather who fought in war, but unfortunately they made a big mistake, we were not their enemies.
Gory
Gory, what a helluva way to die
Erika vs this song
why did the USA only fight against third-rate or fourth-rate armies today and you are still proud of it? are you afraid of losing like against the viet-cong? The American military can no longer win against an equivalent army without allies, especially in Europe and Eastern Europe. If only you would finally understand that.
There is a fundamental difference between something like the Viet-cong and a near peer nation, the Viet-cont was an insurgency, which is much harder to fight than a neer peer nation because insurgencies don't have to wear uniforms, and they can use guerilla tactics, and much more, weirdly enough, tactically, it's easier to fight a near peer.
Can't add it to my list due to your personal settings so despite loving it and it being a part of my heritage I give you a dislike
Crybaby
Glory glory man united