Blood on the Risers②

　　美国101空降师的军歌，二战欧洲战区主题歌，原曲是一首基督教赞歌，用这个曲调的歌最有名的是美国内战北方的军歌：《Battle hymn of the republic》，据说是林肯生平最喜欢的歌曲 。曼联队歌《GLORY GLORY MAN UNITED》也是这个曲，但是词不同。 《Blood on the Risers》是《兄弟连》电视剧中出现的一首军歌，当时曾在欧洲地区的盟军伞中广为传唱。乍听上去，这首歌节奏稳健、旋律高昂，充满战斗精神。而实际上，这首歌的歌词描写的是一名菜鸟伞兵在跳伞练习的时候，因为过度紧张，没有挂上降落伞开伞的尼龙带就纵身越出机舱，伞具失灵，最后坠落地面的过程。期间还略带讽刺地描写了他坠落时的心理活动。歌词：

　　He was just a rookie trooper and he surely shook with fright.

　　He checked off his equipment and made sure his pack was tight.

　　He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar.

　　You ain't gonna jump no more.

　　Chorus:

　　Gory, gory, what a hell of way to die.

　　Gory, gory, what a hell of way to die.

　　Gory, gory, what a hell of way to die.

　　He ain't gonna jump no more.

　　Is everybody happy? cried the sergeant looking up.

　　Our hero feebly answered, Yes, and then they stood him up.

　　He jumped into the icy blast, his static line unhooked.

　　And he ain't gonna jump no more.

　　He counted long, he counted loud, he waited for the shock.

　　He felt the wind, he felt the cold, he felt the awful drop.

　　The silk from his reserve spilled out and wrapped around his legs.

　　And he ain't gonna jump no more.

　　The risers swung around his neck, connectors cracked his dome.

　　Suspension lines were tied in knots around his skinny bones.

　　The canopy became his shroud, he hurtled to the ground.

　　And he ain't gonna jump no more.

　　The days he lived and loved and laughed kept running through his mind.

　　He thought about the girl back home, the one he left behind.

　　He thought about the medicos and wondered what they'd find.

　　And he ain't gonna jump no more.

　　The ambulance was on the spot, the jeeps were running wild.

　　The medics jumped and screamed with glee, rolled up their sleeves and smiled.

　　For it had been a week or more since last a 'chute had failed.

　　And he ain't gonna jump no more.

　　He hit the ground, the sound was Splat, his blood went spurting high.

　　His comrades they were heard to say, A helluva way to die.

　　He lay there rolling 'round in the welter of his gore.

　　And he ain't gonna jump no more.

　　There was blood upon the risers, there were brains upon the 'chute.

　　Intestines were a-dangling from his paratrooper suit.

　　He was a mess, they picked him up and poured him from his boots.

　　And he ain't gonna jump no more。