"Bo Diddley" Military Cadence (examples & sound file)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post presents three examples of the United States military cadence entitled "Bo Diddley".

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Thanks to all those who honorable serve in the military. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to those who are featured in this YouTube sound file and the publisher of this sound file that is featured in this post.

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FEATURED SOUND FILE: BO DIDDLEY, BO DIDDLEY, HAVE YOU HEARD



Kyle Union, March 30, 2012
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Here's my transcription of this cadence:

Instructions: The group repeats each line without the beginning word (“well-a” and “if”)

Hey hey Bo Diddley
Hey hey Bo Diddley Bo
Hey hey Bo Diddley
Hey hey Bo Diddley Bo

Well-a Bo Diddly, Bo Diddly have you heard
Well-a Mama gonna buy you a mockingbird
And if that mockingbird don't sing
Well-a Mama gonna buy you a diamond ring
And if that diamond ring don't shine
Well-a Mama’s gonna buy you a bottle of wine
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This is only an excerpt of this cadence.

Here's an example that was posted on a military cadence website [Warning- Many examples of military cadence contain of profanity, excessive violence, and sexually explicit content.]

From http://squad-leader.com/bo-diddley/ February 19, 2012

Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley where you been? Down in Texas drinkin’ gin! What you gonna do when you get back? Run it all out on the PT track!
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These examples show how closely the song "Bo Diddley" is related to its source song "Hambone" ("Hambone Hambone Where You Been").

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Here's another example of this cadence
From https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101218190909AAQK6ZQ
posted by Charles.young580, 2010 [reformatted for this post]
"Military.com has many Cadence calls. The one i like is
Bo Diddly. Bo Diddly, Bo Diddly, where you been?
I've been around the world and i'm going again.
Bo Diddly, Bo Diddly have you heard,
we're going to jump from a big iron bird.
If my my shute don't open wide,
I'll be splattered over the countryside.
Tell my girl i did my best
and bury me in the leaning rest, Hey Bo Diddly.

Source(s): served 20 years "
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This version combines lines from "Hambone" with lines from the military cadence "C-130".

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RELATED LINK
Click this page of my cultural website for more (family friendly) examples of cadences (jodies) http://www.cocojams.com/content/military-cadences-other-cadences

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