ARMY SONG From Kurt Weill's "The Threepenny Opera." (Die Dreigroshenoper) Written and staged in Germany, 1928.
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Johnny joined up and Jimmy was there
and George got a Sargent's rating
Don't give your right name, the Army don't care..
... and the life is so fascinating.
Let's all go barmy, live off the Army
See the world we never saw
If we get feeling down
We wander into town...
... and if the population
should greet us with indignation
WE'LL CHOP 'EM TO BITS
because we like our hamburgers raw!
Johnny drank up till his gut caved in
... and Jimmy did not drink tea
And George replied with a right to the chin
for the Army is just a picnic
Let's all go barmy, live off the Army
See the world we never saw
If we get feeling down
We wander into town...
... and if the population
should greet us with indignation
WE'LL CHOP 'EM TO BITS
because we like our hamburgers raw!
Johnny is missing and Jimmy is DEAD
... and George went crazy shooting
but blood is blood and red is red
AND THE ARMY IS STILL RECRUITING!
Original: ARMY SONG!