Horace A Bass (APD 124) - Naval Cruise Book

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'Q ' KJ MERRY CHRISTMAS l95O FROM THE E USS HORACE ANCEL BASS QAPD l24l JINGLE BELLS UP AND DOWN THE COAST OF THIS LAND WE GO, DON'T FIRE MANY SHOTS, NEVER SEE THE FOE. AND WHEN THIS WAR IS O'ER AND HER NAME IN PRINT WE SE 'TWILL ONLY STATE THE FACT, WE CARRIED U-D-T. CHORUS:La fi JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE ALL THE WAY. OH, WHAT FUN IT IS TO SERVE ABOARD THE HORACE A. JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE ALL THE WAY. OH, WHAT FUN IT IS TO SERVE ABOARD THE HORACE A. OUR LOOKOUTS ARE THE BEST, BY SET RULES THEY ABIDE, THE ONLY MINE THEY EVER SAW WENT BOUNCING OFF OUR SIDE. WE SHOT AT IT WITH ZEST, OUR GUNNERY WAS PUNK, THE REASON THAT IT DISAPPEA IT WENT AGROUND AND SUNK. CHORUS! TALK ABOUT GUN CREWS, WE REALLY ARE THE BEST, AND IF YOU DOUBT OUR WORD, JUST PUT US TO THE TEST. WE SHOOT AND SHOOT AND SHOO YOU OUGHT TO SEE OUR SCORE, AT INCHON WE FIRED FIFTY RO DIDN'T EVEN HIT THE SHORE. CHORUS:

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OUR UDTS THEY WERE SO BRAVE, IN VEEPEES THEY DID RIDE3 THEY SWAM IN WATER ICY COLD, AND NEARLY FROZE THEIR HIDE. ON RAIDS THEY OFTEN WENT, ' TO BLOW UP TUNNELS DEEP, SO WHEN A CHOOCHOO CAME ALONG, A ROCK PILE IT DID MEET. CHORUS: oUH LIBERTY IS GREAT, OF THAT THERE IS NO DQUET, AND IF WE GET ASHORE, WE FEEL WE HAVE MADE OUT. THE CREW WAS HOT TO Go, oLD sAsEBo TO SEE, BUT THE ARMY HAD TO PASS THE WOHD, THERE'S NO DAMN LIBERTY. CHORUS: THE GATE WE HOPE TO SEE IN MARCH OF FIETY ONE, AND AT THE PRESENT RATE, OUR JOB IS ALMOST DONE. OUR PORT SHAFT IT IS BENT, A IF IT DECIDES TO GO, WE'LL GET THE SHIP BACK TO THE STATES EVEN IF WE HAVE TO ROW. CHORUS: ! ,,...A, X ,...,. ...9.