A Marine Toast

There once was the love of a beautiful maid

And the love of a staunch, true man

And the love of a baby, unafraid

All have existed since time began

But the eternal love

The love of all loves

Even greater than love for mother

Is the infinite, passionate, tender love

Of one drunken Marine for another

Here’s to you, and here’s to me, best of friends we’ll ever be, but if we ever disagree, then fuck you, here’s to me.

Here’s to cheating, stealing, fighting, and drinking;
If you cheat, may you cheat death;
If you steal, may you steal a woman’s heart;
If you fight, may you fight for a brother;
If you drink, may you drink with me.

To women, wives, and lovers: may they never meet.