Republic Recruit/song

When I was a young man a-plowing the land, With my boots on my feet and my tractor at hand, Says I to myself, "Such a pity to see," "A Republic boy farming on Palanhi."

CHORUS: It is a big galaxy, a big galaxy, With wonders and so many places to be.

So I fastened by boots, I shook hands with my kin, And went off to the city like all dashing young men. There up came a sergeant, he asks me, "Enlist?" "Well, sergeant," says I, "put credits in my fist."

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The first thing they gave me it was a black coat, With red and yellow plates for midrift and throat. They gave me a strange thing, I ask, "What is that?" They told me it was an emblem for my hat.

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The next thing they gave me they called it a gun, With powerpack and shoulder-strap when I run. First it spat fire but strangely no smoke, Then it gave a great leap and my shoulder near broke.

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The first place they sent me was to the spacecorps, Aboard a hammerhead bound away to war. Four engines behind and hyperspace too, Made her leap cross the stars with passengers and crew.

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When at Onderon we arrived quite soon, Cold, tired, hungry they sent us to her moon. Next morning for action we joined in the fun, And we had a breakfast of brawling on Dxun.

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We followed our Jedi, for droid backup she begs, We danced in minefields and with several zakkegs. In scaling a wall there, myself lost an eye, And a Mandalore's grenade ran away with my thigh.

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As we lay bleeding, stretched on jungle ground, Both heads, legs, and arms were all scattered around. I thought of my mother, clutched my bleeding thigh, Lest they bury me decent, I raised an outcry.

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A medic was called and he soon staunched my blood, And they promised a prosthetic leg when they could. They gave me a medal and some money each day, Now contented with kindred I live on half pay.

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So come all you young men, and listen to me, If you go and fight for the Republic Army. Remember that although our soldiers fight well, Mandalorian basilisks blow you to hell!