Children's chant

[Michael McKernan]

Larry Scroggs wrote:

>The first Marine went over the wall
>Parle vous
>The second Marine went over the wall
>Parle vous
>The third Marine went over the wall
>Got hit in the ass by a cannon ball
>Inkey dinkey parle vous
>(There were several different verses of this)

Also 1950s; interservice rivalry

The first Marine went over the top
Parlez vous?
The first Marine went over the top
Parlez vous?
The first Marine went over the top
To pick up the nickels the infantry dropped
Hinky dinky parlez vous.

Michael McKernan