"Blood Upon the Risers" is an American paratrooper song from World War II.
The song tells of the final fatal jump of a rookie paratrooper whose parachute fails to deploy.
This results in him falling to his death.
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He was just a rookie trooper and he surely shook with fright,
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He checked all his equipment and made sure his pack was tight,
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He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar,
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You ain't gonna jump no more.
[Chorus]
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Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
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Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
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Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
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He ain't gonna jump no more!
