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the lyrics to this song are " sboob sekil werdna dna yag si retep

The "'''Colonel Bogey March'''" is a popular [[March (music)|march]] that was written in [[1914]] by Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts ([[1881]]-[[1945]]), a [[United Kingdom|British]] military bandmaster who was director of music for the [[Royal Marines]] at [[Plymouth]]. Since at that time service personnel were not encouraged to have professional lives outside the armed forces, Ricketts published "Colonel Bogey" and his other compositions under the pseudonym [[Kenneth Alford]]. Supposedly, the tune was inspired by a military man and [[golf]]er who whistled a characteristic two-note phrase (a descending [[minor third]] interval) instead of shouting "[[Fore (golf)|Fore]]!". It is this phrase that begins each line of the melody. ''Bogey'' is golfing term meaning one over par.