Couth this ain't.

My own era has just about been covered. Just add

Bo Diddly, Bo Diddly, where you been,
Round the world and back again.

I think we got all the jody's too, but in case we missed any, I remember:

Ain't no use in lookin down;
Ain't no discharge on the ground. ----------------goin' home;
Jody's got your gal and gone. ----------------lookin' back;
Jody's got your Cadillac.

WW II era, to the tune of "Madamoiselle from Armentriers"

M. from A., parley vous? (x2) M. from A. has not been kissed for twenty years. (x2) Inky-dinky, parley vous.

Same pattern, with necessary repeats:

They say this is a mechanized war, par....
What in the Hell are we walking for?

The Second Lieutenant carries a pack, par ....
We hope to Hell it breaks his back.

There was also (RVN era) a long one to the tune of "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon." The jump school version was

In her hair, she wore a yellow ribbon,
Wore it in the springtime and in the month of May.
And if you asked her why the Hell she wore it,
She wore it for her sweetheart who was far, far away. Far away! Far away!
She wore it for her sweetheart who was far, far away.

Around the block, she pushed the baby carriage, Pushed it in the springtime and in the month of May.
And if you asked her why the Hell she pushed it,
She pushed it for her sweetheart who was far, far away.

Something was subbed for "an in the month of May" to rhyme with "She wore it for her sweetheart in the airborne infantry."

A friend of mine came up with an old German one--old like from Bismarck days. Phonetically:

Zicke, Zacke, jup hei dee!
Schneidig ist die infantrie.

Free translation: "Ta-ra-ra boom-de-ay! The Infantry is snappy." Funny thing is there is a US Civ War song about a bugler that has a nonsense chorus including "Jup hei dee." I suspect that one of the Teutons who made up about 20% of der Union Army brought that from der old country. Ja.

Horton is a good source, but "military music" isn't coterminous with jody cadences.

CC