DO YOU KNOW THIS GUY?
One hears at sound of reveille,Straight through till taps is blown,“Gimme, lemme take yer razor,”“Have you got a sou to loan?”Or maybe, “Gosh, I lost my towel,Lemme take yours, will you, Bill?”“Have you got some extra ‘Sunkums’?”“I wanna wet me gill.”All through the day it’s e’er the same,Week in, week out, “Say, Bo,I’m just a few francs shy today,Wot’s chances for a throw?You know me, Al, me woid’s me bond,I’ve never stuck a pal,But I simply gotta keep that dateOr hunt another gal.”“Have you an extra undershirt?The Major’s gonna seeWhat makes the men so nervous likeAnd scratch so frequently.”“I’m gonna promenade ce soir,Lemme take yer new puttees.Aw, mine’s been muddy for a week,Loose up, yuh tight ol’ cheese.”“I don’t know where me money goes,It takes the prize for speed,The next day after we’ve been paid,Can’t buy a punk French weed.Next month I’ll have to slacken up,Or jump into the lake”—But till that old ghost walks again,It’s gimme, lemme take!Frank Eisenberg, Pvt., Tel. Bn.
One hears at sound of reveille,Straight through till taps is blown,“Gimme, lemme take yer razor,”“Have you got a sou to loan?”Or maybe, “Gosh, I lost my towel,Lemme take yours, will you, Bill?”“Have you got some extra ‘Sunkums’?”“I wanna wet me gill.”All through the day it’s e’er the same,Week in, week out, “Say, Bo,I’m just a few francs shy today,Wot’s chances for a throw?You know me, Al, me woid’s me bond,I’ve never stuck a pal,But I simply gotta keep that dateOr hunt another gal.”“Have you an extra undershirt?The Major’s gonna seeWhat makes the men so nervous likeAnd scratch so frequently.”“I’m gonna promenade ce soir,Lemme take yer new puttees.Aw, mine’s been muddy for a week,Loose up, yuh tight ol’ cheese.”“I don’t know where me money goes,It takes the prize for speed,The next day after we’ve been paid,Can’t buy a punk French weed.Next month I’ll have to slacken up,Or jump into the lake”—But till that old ghost walks again,It’s gimme, lemme take!Frank Eisenberg, Pvt., Tel. Bn.
One hears at sound of reveille,Straight through till taps is blown,“Gimme, lemme take yer razor,”“Have you got a sou to loan?”Or maybe, “Gosh, I lost my towel,Lemme take yours, will you, Bill?”“Have you got some extra ‘Sunkums’?”“I wanna wet me gill.”
One hears at sound of reveille,
Straight through till taps is blown,
“Gimme, lemme take yer razor,”
“Have you got a sou to loan?”
Or maybe, “Gosh, I lost my towel,
Lemme take yours, will you, Bill?”
“Have you got some extra ‘Sunkums’?”
“I wanna wet me gill.”
All through the day it’s e’er the same,Week in, week out, “Say, Bo,I’m just a few francs shy today,Wot’s chances for a throw?You know me, Al, me woid’s me bond,I’ve never stuck a pal,But I simply gotta keep that dateOr hunt another gal.”
All through the day it’s e’er the same,
Week in, week out, “Say, Bo,
I’m just a few francs shy today,
Wot’s chances for a throw?
You know me, Al, me woid’s me bond,
I’ve never stuck a pal,
But I simply gotta keep that date
Or hunt another gal.”
“Have you an extra undershirt?The Major’s gonna seeWhat makes the men so nervous likeAnd scratch so frequently.”“I’m gonna promenade ce soir,Lemme take yer new puttees.Aw, mine’s been muddy for a week,Loose up, yuh tight ol’ cheese.”
“Have you an extra undershirt?
The Major’s gonna see
What makes the men so nervous like
And scratch so frequently.”
“I’m gonna promenade ce soir,
Lemme take yer new puttees.
Aw, mine’s been muddy for a week,
Loose up, yuh tight ol’ cheese.”
“I don’t know where me money goes,It takes the prize for speed,The next day after we’ve been paid,Can’t buy a punk French weed.Next month I’ll have to slacken up,Or jump into the lake”—But till that old ghost walks again,It’s gimme, lemme take!Frank Eisenberg, Pvt., Tel. Bn.
“I don’t know where me money goes,
It takes the prize for speed,
The next day after we’ve been paid,
Can’t buy a punk French weed.
Next month I’ll have to slacken up,
Or jump into the lake”—
But till that old ghost walks again,
It’s gimme, lemme take!
Frank Eisenberg, Pvt., Tel. Bn.