Performed
and Written by U.S. Marine Cpl. Andrew Visscher
Marine Cpl. Andrew Visscher performed his song, "Merry Christmas
From Afghanistan", live on site at Alpha 1 Christmas Eve
(December 24th) in 2009 for his fellow Marines from CAAT 1, WPNS
CO, 2nd Battalion 2nd Marines deployed with him, his loved ones,
and all who call America home!
Note from Cpl. Andrew
Visscher about the filming of the video... "As it pans
across the platoon halfway through, please excuse them looking
like they're watching a crucifixion; by this point they've heard
the song several hundred times."
Andrew Visscher gave USA Patriotism! permission to
upload his music video, which added the Christmas
scene at the start and end of the video.
Lyrics
Merry Christmas from
Afghanistan, oh man, it's that time of year,
and the birth of Jesus doesn't seem to please the terrorists
down here;
I'd like to take a moment for you folks at home to make it
clear;
Merry Christmas from the Eastern Hemisphere.
Merry Christmas from Afghanistan, way back in the USA,
You've got mistletoe and falling snow, we've got sandstorms and
grenades
But what the hell, it's just as well we celebrate it anyway,
Merry Christmas from 5,000 miles away.
And I remember many Decembers, sitting 'round that tree,
And now I'm in an outer cordon sitting 'round an IED,
I've traded yams and roasted ham for a chicken noodle MRE,
Merry Christmas from out here in the middle east.
So merry Christmas from Afghanistan, from our AO to yours,
I'll be watching illegal DVDs and defecating out of doors,
Put my pedal to the metal man, I'll settle for that medal of
honor when I when the war,
Single-handedly from my armored drivers door.
Yuletide salutations from our vacation in the sand,
from this E-3 Lance Coolie and up the whole chain of command
Between Al Qaeda, Al Jazeera, Mujahadeen, and the Taliban,
It's a very merry Christmas in Afghanistan.
From south Montana, to northwest Indiana, to the shores of North
Caroline,
From NYC to LA's beaches and down the Mason-Dixon Line,
It's that season where we're freezing, but all in all, we're
doing fine,
So merry Christmas from Afghanistan tonight.
It's that season where we're freezing, but all in all, we're
doing fine,
So Merry Christmas down the Final Protection Line!
