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30 Jun 04 - 03:35 PM (#1217231) Subject: Lyr Req: re-enlistment blues From: Irish sergeant Looking for the lyrics to a song called Re-enlistment Blues that was featured in the movie From Here to Eternity. Thanks in advance, Neil (Your friendly neighborhood Irish Sergeant) |
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30 Jun 04 - 03:50 PM (#1217241) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: re-enlistment blues From: Mark Clark The legendary Merle Travis performed that Robert Wells tune in the film. I'll look around and see if I can come up with anything. - Mark |
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30 Jun 04 - 06:24 PM (#1217344) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: re-enlistment blues From: Joe_F It's in the book. |
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01 Jul 04 - 02:07 PM (#1217762) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: re-enlistment blues From: Lin in Kansas Michael Parks did a version of this way back, on my vinyl collection. Mostly a recitation, as I recall. Lin |
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01 Jul 04 - 04:50 PM (#1217882) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: re-enlistment blues From: Irish sergeant Thanks all! I'll have to see if I can find the book anyway but. Hey, it's a great little ditty. Neil |
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01 Jul 04 - 05:50 PM (#1217910) Subject: Lyr Add: THE RE-ENLISTMENT BLUES From: Q (Frank Staplin) reenlist THE RE-ENLISTMENT BLUES (from From Here to Eternity) Got paid out on Monday Not a dog soldier no more They gimme all that money So much my pockets is sore More dough than I can use. Re-enlistment Blues. Took my ghelt to town on Tuesday Got a room and a big double bed Find a job tomorrow Tonight you may be dead Ain't no time to lose. Re-enlistment Blues. Hit the bars on Wednesday My friends put me up on a throne Found a hapa-Chinee baby Swore she never would leave me alone Did I give her a bruise? Re-enlistment Blues! Woke up sick on Thursday Feelin' like my head took a dare Looked down at my trousers All my pockets was bare That gal had blown my fuse. Re-enlistment Blues. Went back around on Friday Asked for a free glass of beer My friends had disappeared Barman say, "Take off, you queer!" What I done then ain't news. Re-enlistment Blues. That jail was cold all Sa'day Standin' up on a bench lookin' down Through them bars I watched the people All happy and out on the town Looked like time for me to choose, them Re-enlistment Blues. Slept in the park that Sunday Seen all the folks goin' to church Your belly feels so empty When you're left in the lurch Dog soldiers don't own pews. Re-enlistment Blues. So I re-upped on Monday A little sad and sick at my heart All my fine plans was with my money In the poke of a scheming tart Guy always seems to lose. Re-enlistment Blues. So you short-timers, let me tell you Don't get yourself throwed in the can You might as well be dead Or a Thirty-Year-Man Recruitin' crews give me the blues, old Re-enlistment Blues. Lyrics copy-pasted from the link cited above. |
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01 Jul 04 - 06:22 PM (#1217923) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: re-enlistment blues From: Q (Frank Staplin) James Jones wrote the lyrics in the book. Found chords by Merle Travis here: Re-enlist Surprise, Surprise! The lyrics are not the same as those written in the book by Jones. |
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02 Jul 04 - 03:23 PM (#1218548) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: re-enlistment blues From: Irish sergeant Q: I got both sets of lyrics and chords! Thanks much. Have a great weekend and hopefully with in the next few weeks I'll not only know the tune on the guitar but will have parody lyrics as well for my re-enactor friends as well. Neil |
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26 Oct 07 - 10:21 AM (#2179686) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: re-enlistment blues From: Mr Happy http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj4wzDQEdoo |