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Listers; <br>
Guantanamo Bay has had an unsavory reputation for many years - even <br>
before the Cuban revolution. The U.S. leased it in 1903, and in 1934 <br>
the lease was renewed "in perpetuity" until both parties agree to <br>
terminate it. The U.S. Navy has used it for a long time for periodic <br>
refresher training - Atlantic Fleet ships spend a few days or weeks <br>
operating out of Gitmo practicing gunnery, damage control, etc. <br>
Before the Cuban revolution in 1959, sailors could go off base on <br>
liberty. I was there in the 60s and 70s when liberty (shore-leave) <br>
meant staying on base. As I recall, it wasn't that bad. There was a <br>
golf course, ball diamonds, swimming, and cheap beer at the club. At <br>
least we could stretch our legs. I learned this song in the early <br>
60s - obviously it refers to pre-revolution days. WARNING - this is <br>
a sailors' song. Naturally, it's raunchy and FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY. <br>
*//* <br>
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*/Guantanamo Bay /* <br>
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At Guantanamo Bay we're confined to our quarters, <br>
We're scratching and sweating, we're waiting for orders, <br>
We're watching the harbor, we're counting the wrecks, <br>
And we're wondering which we'll be shipping on nex'. <br>
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At Guantanamo Bay, call her Gitmo for short, <br>
Not much of a base, much less of a port, <br>
One look at the docks, and you know that you're seein' <br>
The goddamnedest hole in the whole Caribbean. <br>
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So, hurrah for old Gitmo on Cuba's fair shore, <br>
The home of the cockroach, the flea and the whore, <br>
We'll sing of her praises and pray for the day <br>
We'll get the hell out of Guantanamo Bay. <br>
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Here you pay twenty cents for a bottle of beer, <br>
They call it Hatuey, and it tastes mighty queer, <br>
There's the Indian Chief on the label to show, <br>
The Indian sign makes you go, go, go, go. <br>
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And the U.S.S. Alaska comes steaming in view <br>
To scrape off her bottom and pick up a crew, <br>
But nary a seaman was fit for the sea, <br>
They'd all been on leave, and they all had VD. <br>
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Guantanamo City has hundreds of doors, <br>
And everyone's jammed with hundreds of whores, <br>
They hang from the windows with stark naked chests <br>
And knock out your brains with their low-hanging breasts. <br>
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Well, the boys in my outfit are workin' a plan, <br>
We're savin' each nickel and dollar we can, <br>
And we'll buy T.N.T. and one sunshiny day <br>
We'll blow up this goddamned Guantanamo Bay. <br>
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Warm regards and apologies to those of delicate sensibilities, <br>
Brent "I was Old Navy before it was a brand" Bradberry <br>
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