Old Corps Songs

[buzzgok]

Sorry kiddies...Uncle Chumley is a certified Beer Snob!  No cans, only bottles!!

After all of those years being severely poor (and hanging wth Frank Maugel drinking that dang Red, White & Blue)  I've graduated to Microbrews, and obscure Imports!  (but still keep some Yuengling on hand for company! hahaha!)

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Well, since you keep Yuengling on hand, you're not a total snob :P

[Jeff Ream]

hey he likes chinese beer.

ying ling

[JimF-LowBari]

Sorry kiddies...Uncle Chumley is a certified Beer Snob!  No cans, only bottles!!

After all of those years being severely poor (and hanging wth Frank Maugel drinking that dang Red, White & Blue)  I've graduated to Microbrews, and obscure Imports!  (but still keep some Yuengling on hand for company! hahaha!)

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You're not a snob, you just have no taste buds after drinking Red, White and Blue :sshh:

LMAO, my brother in law is a brewer at a NC Micro Brewery (the latest in a long line of short lasting jobs :P ). One time I was drinking one of his beers and he was bragging "We don't brew for everybody". All I could think of was "You succeeded". Man I hate chewy beer, stuff had the consistency of 40 weight motor oil.

[buzzgok]

You're not a snob, you just have no taste buds after drinking Red, White and Blue  :sshh:

LMAO, my brother in law is a brewer at a NC Micro Brewery (the latest in a long line of short lasting jobs  :P ).

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unless he is a taste-tester :P

[buzzgok]

hey he likes chinese beer.

ying ling

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better than won hung lo

[JimF-LowBari]

unless he is a taste-tester  :P

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LMOA, he pulled that line one night at a resturant when we visited one time. He ordered one of the beers he made and then pulled thee olde looking at it in the light and holding a sip it in his mouth routine. He then explained he wanted to make sure the resturant wasn't selling from an old keg. That would make his product look bad ya know.

Sounded good until he had two more glasses of the same stuff before dinner was over. Guess he wanted to make sure the keg didn't go bad within the 90 minutes we were there.

[Jaminbenb]

I said I kept it for COMPANY! hahaha!

Well, since you keep Yuengling on hand, you're not a total snob  :P

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[Jeff Ream]

yeah but dude, my Dad still drinks Strohs, but he refuses to drink genny Cream Ale anymore

[Jaminbenb]

Genny was something that my dad used to keep in the fridge back before I was "legal"! Prior to that it was either Stegmeiers or PIELS!(Peils?...who cares about the spelling, it was skunk p***!)

At that point, the Genny was a step in the right direction...but then he started buying Genny Cream Ale LIGHT! I remember back in the OLD days hearing my grandmother talking about someone being constipated and taking a "physic"...when you drink Genny light..it's the SAME THING! (except the "physic" tasted better!)

yeah but dude, my Dad still drinks Strohs, but he refuses to drink genny Cream Ale anymore

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[Michael Siglow]

Ask and you shall receive:

Garbarina

(Sung to the Tune of "Oklahoma")

Oh here comes Garbarina, with our flags unfurled and flying high.

Garbarina, we are drum corps men, who don't know when we are licked,

and never will say die.

We're from New York,

and we will always sing her praises loud and clear.

Garbarina, we will bring no shame to our fair name

and no drum corps contest will we fear.

Our drum line's the best in the land

and our horn line, it plays twice as grand.

And when we go,

you'll see the greatest show.

We're always out to win - sock it in Garbarina,

Garbarina, Let's go!

Chorus: Garbarina Mazarakos, Garbarina Mazarakos,

(Repeat underneath)

Our drum line's the best in the land

and our horn line, it plays twice as grand.

Everyone: And when we go,

you'll see the greatest show.

We're always out to win - sock it in Garbarina,

Garbarina, Let's go!

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Very good Mike, only a couple of corrections. When the words to "Garbarina" were first put together by 4 members of the Corps while on their way to a contest in Philadelphia back around 1951-52 when "Oklahoma" was all the rage on Broadway, the phrase was:

"We're from New York,

and we will always sing "OUR" praises loud and clear."

Another phrase that has been corrupted over the course of time is:

"Our drum line's the best in the land

and our horn line, it plays "JUST" as grand."

These corrections were told to me by Bill Boerner back in 1993 during one of the Skyliner Alumni Chorus rehearsals. I'm not sure if Bill was one of the 4 people in the car that day when the words were put together, but I DO know that one of them was a gentleman by the name of Bobby Booth who was a charter member of Garbarina. He later married a girl from Philly, moved down there and joined Archie where he spent the rest of his Drum Corps career.

I guess everyone here is to young to remember the Cabs song sung to the tune of "Lady of Spain".

Hawthorne you gay caballero,

Hawthorne with greasy sombrero,

Bell bottom trousers don't fit,

Hawthorne you big bag of ****.

Solo sopranos are cracking,

Drums with talent are lacking,

Hawthorne you big bunch of fools,

Hawthorne you play with you tools.

And what of the Reilly Raiders.

Have you seen the Reilly Raiders,

Have you seen their latest capers,

As they dance and prance,

Around the God ###### field.

Their a bunch of ballerinas,

and you'll know when you have seen,

A bunch of crazy mixed up kids,

That simply suck.

Oh their hornline is so blasty,

And their drummers are so nasty,

That they look and sound like ####.

(Forgot the next stanza)

Let them go right on a dancing,

Not a soul at all is listening,

While the fans are wildly cheering for the

MUS-KE-TEERS!!!!

Yes, this song was originally sung by Archie, NOT the Skyliners. But I pretty sure Swan won't let you believe that.