jody call

Like robots, the soldiers echoed their leader's singsong "jody call" in time to their pounding footsteps.

Cadences: the Jody call book.

In the American armed forces, a lively tradition of jody calls ("Duckworth chants") are sung while soldiers are on the march.

In the United States, these cadences are sometimes called jody calls or jodies, after Jody, a recurring character who figures in some traditional cadences.

The marching song lead by "Sergeant Elvis Presley" is an example of a military cadence, or jody call, commonly used by military personnel while running or marching in the United States.

In the US, what are now known as cadences were called jody calls or jody (also jodie) from a recurring character, a civilian named "Jody", whose luxurious lifestyle is contrasted with military deprivations in a number of traditional calls.