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Accapella Coda Lyrics:
Drum Corps Days,some of my memories from those days gone by.
Remember the: Bad food in Butler,(Pa) self service cornfields in Ohio (US Open) and "A" formation too.Mercy,mercy,man you know that Mark he could play,he set the bar high,I never quite got there. Donnie lit the fire down in Easton,Pa. Nicky + Jimmy at Indiantown Gap,Good thing Jimmy could run. Bert and Glenn,our leaders within led the horns,and Kurt led the drums.Mitch layed down that Cadenza,man I'll bet he could play it today.Ya got Harry (Eldreidge) and Randy (May) and Donnie(Cross)
and Pat (Woods) Brian + Mark (Stanley) and the Ricciardi (Mike + Larry) boys.And the true spirit of our corps,man we all miss you Dicky O. (The one and only Dick Ovens)
Got your sunburst (Troopers), and your Conquest (Boston Crusaders) and that Bottle Dancin' too (Santa Clara Vanguard)
Slaughter (Madison Scouts) and the Choo Choo (Racine Kitlies) and Georgia was on our Mind (Spirit of Atlanta)
8 Track Tapes,those rotary valves, and the sweet smell of diesel fuel. 4 parades on the 4th of july, hoppin' the fence at the local town pool.
Overnight trip to exocitic locals, (Titusville,Pa,Oswego + Fulton,N.Y) and the corps from the Glen (Watkins Glen Squires) that we couldn't quite catch
The parents and the volunteers (to many to mentioned,god bless you all) who all helped us along the way.
The kids that we got from that green and gold band (Vestal Band, Vestal,N.Y.) sure helped us to get where we got.
Now I don't know about you ,but I'm a drum corps Nut indeed, Thank you Mr. Bailey. (Founder Apalachin Grenadiers.)
Who booked that show down in Bedford-Stuyvesant, man that was a trip
Thanks, B.Turner