Music playing is by Duane Eddy, Waltz of the Wind.
~Waltzing with the Wind~ 
Hunting enemies that would my very life rend Swaying forward and back to send That despicable foe into the halls of infamy Just hoping to see him before he sees me Lays me down in the ground with brave heroes of history. Oh hear the wind blow so soft and sweet Hum its melodic tune as I move my feet Trying to move discreet Prowling this barbarously lovely land With gracefully syncopated rhythm of this combat band With cacophonous sound anyone miles away can understand. Waltzing out in the boonies in this world of harm’s Just me and my brothers-in-arms To the wind’s sweet music that anger disarms Armed to the teeth Carrying hell on earth to mankind bequeath To send him to brimstone pits of death beneath. Fighting evil’s tyranny Examine closely every rook and cranny Every bush along the trail of infamy Hump that proverbial ridge-line between life-and-death Carrying weapons of war to rip out an enemies last breath Waltzing in quiet stealth. Just humping to that two-step beat Trying hard cruel death to cheat Watching closely without fail for snipers in the treeline who’d my poor life nail Watch closely for diabolic booby traps at my feet Pouncing out of the ground to leave me dying in jungle heat. So play my last combat waltz soft and low So as not to wake the dead moldering below Draw attention of those who’d egregious wounds bestow Though if they take my life There would be no more heartache and strife No more war ruled by prevalent fears rife...
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