The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #108622   Message #2262533
Posted By: Herga Kitty
14-Feb-08 - 04:03 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Away, Away with Rum, by Gum
Subject: RE: Origin - Away away with rum
It was in the Forest School Camps songbook that I acquired at camp 40 years ago (and still possess), and is still in their online version....

Kitty

SONG OF THE SALVATION ARMY

We're coming, we're coming, our brave little band

To drive all the fruit cake from this wicked land

Away, away with rum, by gum

With rum, by gum, with rum, by gum

Away, away with rum, by gum

That's the song of the Salvation Army

We're going to ban fruit cake, it's chock full of rum

Just one single bite puts a man on the bum

Away, away with rum...

A man who eats fruit cake is a terrible disgrace

He rolls in the gutter with crumbs on his face

Away, away with rum...

Can you imagine a more horrible sight

Than a man who eats fruit cake until he is tight?

Away, away with rum...

A man who eats fruit cake leads a terrible life

He's cruel to his children and beats up his wife

Away, away with rum...

A man who eats fruit cake dies a horrible death

With the odour of raisins and rum on his breath

Away, away with rum, by gum

With rum, by gum, with rum, by gum

Away, away with rum, by gum

That's the song of the Salvation Army