WARRIOR WAY JODY
SHS Cadence
In the armed services, a military cadence or
cadence call is a traditional call-and-response work song sung by military
personnel while running or marching. In the United States, these cadences are
sometimes called jody calls or jodies, after Jody, a recurring character who
figures in some traditional cadences.
Requiring no instruments to play, they are counterparts in oral military
folklore of the military march. As a sort of work song, military cadences take
their rhythms from the work being done (compare sea shanty). Many cadences have
a call and response structure of which one soldier initiates a line, and the
remaining soldiers complete it, thus instilling teamwork and camaraderie for
completion. The cadence calls move to the beat and rhythm of the normal speed
(quick time) march or running-in-formation (double time) march. This serves the
purpose of keeping soldiers "dressed", moving in step as a unit and
in formation, whilst maintaining the correct beat or cadence.
The word "cadence" was applied to these work songs because of an
earlier meaning, in which it meant the number of steps a marcher or runner took
per minute. The cadence was set by a drummer or sergeant and discipline was
extremely important, as keeping the cadence directly affected the travel speed
of infantry. There were other purposes: the close-order drill was a particular
cadence count for the complex sequence of loading and firing a musket. In the
Revolutionary War, Baron von Steuben notably imported European battlefield
techniques which persist, greatly modified, to this day.
(Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_call
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We're the Warriors
this we know! (echo)
So we've got to let it show! (echo)
Make good choices every day! (echo)
Because we live the Warrior Way!
(echo)
Sound off
1----2
Sound off 3---4
1--2--3--4 WARRIORS!!!
