Purple Light

About the Song

Also known as 'I Ask My Girl', this is one of the most iconic and beloved SAF marching songs. It tells a romantic story of a soldier proposing to his girl.

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Lyrics

I ask my girl

To take a walk

To take a walk

Down Orchard Road

Bypass Mandarin

To Centrepoint

Where we had lunch

At MacDonalds’
We had fillet

And an apple pie

We shared a cup

Of Lemon Lime

I held her hands

Looked into her eyes

I asked her to

Be my valentine
There was one night

There was no light

There was no light

So we used torchlight

Torchlight no light

So we used star light

Star light not bright

So we used Purple Light
Purple light

In the valley

That is where, I wanna be

[Coy name], best companions

(With my rifle and my buddy and me)
SOC, sibei jialat

IPPT, lagi worse

Every day, kena pumping

With my rifle and my buddy and me
Booking out, saw my girlfriend

Saw her with, another man

Scold the man, dump my girlfriend

(With my rifle and my buddy and me)
ORD, back to study

Get degree, so happy

Can’t forget, days in army

(With my rifle and my buddy and me)
Purple light

At the warfront

That is where, my buddy dies

If I die

(Would you bury me?)

(With my rifle and my buddy and me)