Equestrian Army Songs: A Hell of a Way to Die

Adapted from Blood on the Risers, an US Army paratrooper song. It seems like something the pegasi would have come up with for their soldiers.

He was just a rookie trooper and he surely shook with fright
As he checked off his equipment and made sure his pack was tight.
He had to sit and listen to the thunder's awful roar.
But he ain't gonna drop no more.

Chorus:
Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die.
Wings tangled on his back as he's falling through the sky.
Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die.
He ain't gonna drop no more.

"Is everybody ready?" cried the sergeant looking up.
Our hero feebly answered, "Yes", and then they stood him up.
He dived into the icy blast, his buckled belt unhooked.
And he ain't gonna drop no more.

[Chorus]

He counted long, he counted loud, he waited for the shock.
He felt the wind, he felt the cold, he felt the awful drop.
The harness slipped off of his chest and wrapped about his legs.
And he ain't gonna drop no more.

[Chorus]

The webbing snaked around his wings, a rucksack cracked his dome.
Suspension lines were tied in knots around his skinny bones.
He gave a screaming shout as he hurtled to the ground.
And he ain't gonna drop no more.

[Chorus]

The days he lived and loved and laughed kept running through his mind.
He thought about the girl back home, the one he left behind.
He thought about the medic corps and wondered what they'd find.
And he ain't gonna drop no more.

[Chorus]

He hit the ground, the sound was "Splat", his blood went spurting high.
His comrades, they were heard to say, "A helluva way to die."
He lay there in a crumpled heap, surrounded by his gore.
And he ain't gonna drop no more.

[Slowly, solemnly, at about half the speed of the other verses.]

There was blood upon the soil, there were brains upon the roots,
Intestines were a-dangling from his paratrooper suit,
He was a mess, they picked him up, and poured him from his boots,
And he ain't gonna drop no more.

Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die.
Wings tangled on his back as he's falling through the sky.
Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die.
He ain't gonna drop no more.