Cannon Song (aka Army Song) Lyrics

Cannon Song (aka Army Song)

(Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht/Marc Blitzstein)
Performed by Stan Ridgway and the
Fowler Brothers
John was all present and Jim was all there
And Georgie was
up for promotion
Not that the Army gave a bugger who they were
When
confronting some heathen commotion
CHORUS
The troops live under the
cannon's thunder
FromSind to Cooch Behar
Moving from place to
place
When they come face to face
With a different breed of
fellow
Whose skin is black or yellow
they quick as winking chop them into
beefsteak tartar
Johnny found his whiskey too warm
And Jimmy found the
weather too balmy
But Georgie took them both by  the arm and said,
"Don't
ever disappoint the Army!"
CHORUS
John is a write-off and Jimmy is
dead
And Georgie was shot for looting
And young men's blood goes on being
red
While the Army just goes on ahead
recruiting
CHORUS
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