Polish Those Shoes and Tuck In That Shirt
Up every day well before five
if you plan to do more than survive
Polish those boots and tuck in that shirt
Don't let your C.O. see any dirt
Stand in the line-up ramrod straight
Don't move a muscle while you wait --
for the signal to take off at a trot
whether your joints be yet limber or not
Drills until nine before you can eat
make eggs every day seem like a treat
Then return to the field and the blazing sun
Oh, when-oh-when will the morning be done
Israel's military's sure tough to beat
Her soldiers unlikely to wilt in the heat
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