It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier lyrics
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Artist: Tom Lehrer Album: Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer
Lyrics
I have only comparatively recently emerged from the united states army so that I am now of course in the radio-active reserve and, the usual jokes about the army aside, one of the many fine things one has to admit is the way that the army has carried the american democratic ideal to its logical conclusion in the sense that not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed, and color, but also on the grounds of ability. be that as it may some of you may recall the publicity a few years ago about the army's search for an official army song to be the counterpart of the navy's anchors away and the airforce's up in the air junior birdman songs. I was in basic training at the time and I recall our platoon sergeant, who was an unfrocked marine
Actually, the change of service had come as quite >a blow to him because it meant that he had to memorize a new serial number which took up most of his time. at any rate I recall this sergeant's informing me and my "room-mates" of this rather deplorable fact the army didn't have any official, excuse me, didn't have no official song and suggested that we work on this in our copious free time. well, I submitted the following song which is called it makes a fellow proud to be a soldier which, I think, demonstrates the proper spirit you'll agree. however, the fact that it did not win the contest, I can ascribe only to blatant favoratism on the part of the judges
The heart of every man in our platoon must swell with pride For the nation's youth, the cream of which is marching at his side For the fascinating rules and regulations that we share And the quaint and curious costumes that we're called upon to wear
Now al joined up to do his part defending you and me He wants to fight and bleed and kill and die for liberty With the hell of war he's come to grips Policing up the filter tips It makes a fella proud to be a soldier!
When pete was only in the seventh grade, he stabbed a cop He's real r.a. material and he was glad to swap His switchblade and his old zip gun For a bayonet and a new m-1 It makes a fella proud to be a soldier!
After johnny got through basic training, he Was a soldier through and through when he was done It's effects were so well rooted That the next day he saluted A good humor man, an usher, and a nun
Now fred's an intellectual, brings a book to every meal He likes the deep philosophers, like norman vincent peale He thinks the army's just the thing Because he finds it broadening It makes a fella proud to be a soldier!
Now ed flunked out of second grade, and never finished school He doesn't know a shelter half from an entrenching tool But he's going to be a big success He heads his class at ocs It makes a fella proud to be a soldier!
Our old mess sergeant's taste buds had been shot off in the war But his savory collations add to our esprit de corps To think of all the marvelous ways They're using plastics nowadays It makes a fella proud to be a soldier!
Our lieutenant is the up-and-coming type Played with soldiers as a boy you just can bet It is written in the stars He will get his captain's bars But he hasn't got enough box tops yet
Our captain has a handicap to cope with, sad to tell He's from georgia, and he doesn't speak the language very well He used to be, so rumor has, the dean of men at alcatraz It makes a fella proud to be Why, as a kid I vowed to be What luck to be allowed to be A soldier. (at ease!)
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
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