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"Blood on the Risers" – A Paratrooper’s Dark Ballad “Blood on the Risers” is a grimly humorous military song born during World War II, sung by American paratroopers to the tune of The Battle Hymn of the Republic. It tells the tragic story of a rookie jumper whose parachute fails to deploy during a training jump — a fatal mistake that ends in a gruesome death. The lyrics are graphic, unapologetically dark, and laced with irony, reflecting the brutal realities of airborne warfare and the gallows.
