This only works using the English pronunciation of Bataan.
We’re the battling bastards of Bataan;
No mama, no papa, no Uncle Sam.
No aunts, no uncles, no cousins, no nieces,
No pills, no planes, no artillery pieces
And nobody gives a damn
Nobody gives a damn.
by Frank Hewlett 1942
It goes along with the song about Douglas Macarthur, sung to the tune of the “Battle Hymn of the Reoublic”:
Dugout Doug MacArthur lies a shakin’ on the Rock;
Safe from all the bombers and from any sudden shock;
Dugout Doug is eating of the best food on Bataan;
And his troops go starving on!
Dugout Doug’s not timid, he’s just cautious, not afraid;
He’s protecting carefully the stars that Franklin made;
Four-star generals are rare as good food on Bataan;
And his troops go starving on!
Dugout Doug is ready in his Kris Craft for the flee;
Over bounding billows and the wildly raging sea;
For the Japs are pounding on the gates of Old Bataan;
And his troops go starving on!
Never heard that one before!
Perhaps the Americans in Kabul can replace “Bataan” with “Afghanistan” considering what is going on there right now.
Ouch. Let’s just hope there is no Afghanistan death March.