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Line 4: == Lyrics == == Lyrics == − Oh, it's up in the morn before the local sun − And it's forty klicks 'till breakfast, then a simulator run+ Oh, it’s up in the morn before the local sun; − Then a wallow in the 'Mech drek with the 'Mech tech gang+ And it’s forty klicks till breakfast, then a simulator run; − Oh, what joy to be apprenticed to old Death's Head Vang+ Then a wallow in the ‘Mech drek with the ‘Mech tech gang; + Oh, what joy to be apprenticed to old Death’s Head Vang; − ''Left, Right! Left! Right! Weapons up, Close in tight!'' − ''Left! Right! Left! Right! Rockets armed, prepare to fight!'' + ''Left, Right! Left! Right! + ''Weapons up! Close in tight! − When you've traced that faulty circuit and you think you might be through,+ ''Left! Right! Left! Right! − Then it's muster for inspection with full kits and weapons, too!+ ''Rockets armed! Prepare to fight! − Then you wish that you were dead; you say you'd really rather hang − Than to be a 'Mech apprentice to old Death's Head Vang!+ When you’ve traced that faulty circuit and you think you might be through; + Then it’s muster for inspection with full kits and weapons, too! − ''Left, Right! Left! Right!''+ Then you wish that you were dead; you say you’d really rather hang; − ''Weapons up! Close in tight!''+ Than to be a ‘Mech apprentice to old Death’s Head Vang! − ''Left! Right! Left! Right!'' − ''Rockets armed! Prepare to fight!'' + ''[Chorus]'' − Oh, in Death's Head's unit, boy, you'd better learn to shoot + Oh, in Death’s Head’s unit, boy, you’d better learn to shoot; − 'Cause if you miss the target, you'll connect with Death's Head's boot.+ ‘Cause if you miss that target, you’ll connect with Death’s Head’s boot. − Then it's back to simulators and ten hours going bang + Then it’s back to simulators and ten hours going bang; − Just because you are apprenticed to old Death's Head Vang! + Just because you are apprenticed to old Death’s Head Vang! − ''Left, Right! Left! Right!'' + ''[Chorus]'' − ''Weapons up! Close in tight!'' − ''Left! Right! Left! Right!''+ With a horrid grinning skull’s face that could make a grown ‘Mech cry; − − ''Rockets armed! Prepare to fight!'' − − − With a horrid grinning skull's face that could make a grown 'Mech cry A reactor for a heart and a scanner for an eye, A reactor for a heart and a scanner for an eye, − If he calls you up to chew you out, you'll say you'd rather hang + If he calls you up to chew you out, you’ll say you’d rather hang; − − But you'll take it, you're apprenticed to old Death's Head Vang! − − − ''Left, Right! Left! Right!'' − − ''Weapons up! Close in tight!'' − ''Left! Right! Left! Right!''+ But you’ll take it, you’re apprenticed to old Death’s Head Vang! − ''Rockets armed! Prepare to fight!'' + ''[Chorus]'' − ''Lyrics by William H. Keith, Jr., Music by Nina Barton'' + ''Lyrics by William H. Keith, Jr., Music by Nina Barton ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography==
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| − | + | Oh, it’s up in the morn before the local sun; | |
| − | + | And it’s forty klicks till breakfast, then a simulator run; | |
| − | + | Then a wallow in the ‘Mech drek with the ‘Mech tech gang; | |
| + | Oh, what joy to be apprenticed to old Death’s Head Vang; | ||
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| − | ''Left | + | ''Left, Right! Left! Right! |
| + | ''Weapons up! Close in tight! | ||
| − | + | ''Left! Right! Left! Right! | |
| − | + | ''Rockets armed! Prepare to fight! | |
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| − | + | When you’ve traced that faulty circuit and you think you might be through; | |
| + | Then it’s muster for inspection with full kits and weapons, too! | ||
| − | + | Then you wish that you were dead; you say you’d really rather hang; | |
| − | + | Than to be a ‘Mech apprentice to old Death’s Head Vang! | |
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| − | '' | + | ''[Chorus]'' |
| − | Oh, in | + | Oh, in Death’s Head’s unit, boy, you’d better learn to shoot; |
| − | + | ‘Cause if you miss that target, you’ll connect with Death’s Head’s boot. | |
| − | Then | + | Then it’s back to simulators and ten hours going bang; |
| − | Just because you are apprenticed to old | + | Just because you are apprenticed to old Death’s Head Vang! |
| − | '' | + | ''[Chorus]'' |
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| − | + | With a horrid grinning skull’s face that could make a grown ‘Mech cry; | |
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| − | With a horrid grinning | ||
A reactor for a heart and a scanner for an eye, | A reactor for a heart and a scanner for an eye, | ||
| − | If he calls you up to chew you out, | + | If he calls you up to chew you out, you’ll say you’d rather hang; |
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| − | + | But you’ll take it, you’re apprenticed to old Death’s Head Vang! | |
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| + | ''[Chorus]'' | ||
| − | ''Lyrics by William H. Keith, Jr., Music by Nina Barton | + | ''Lyrics by William H. Keith, Jr., Music by Nina Barton |
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||