Okay, no objection, so here goes: Brad wrote,

Aloha Leland,

I just read a post you created about a song you and your brother used to sing as teenagers. You refer to the song as the Salvation Army song and you posted it several years ago on the Internet.

I stumbled across your post as I was trying to find the lyrics to a camp song we used to sing as kids in Hawaii. I first heard our version of "Salvation Army" in the mid 70's, while camping with some older friends. The song was quite different from your version and much more risque. I though you might be interested in hearing our version.

First, we would all sing the chorus...(fast and up beat)

"Salvation Army, Salvation Army"
"Put a nickle in the drum....save a dollar drunken bum"
"Salvation Army, Salvation Army"
"Put a nickle in the drum and you'll be saved:"

Then, someone in the group would say something and we would all boo. Then he would complete his statement and we would all cheer. This was followed by the chorus. It went something like this...(the statement would always start with "At my party...")

"At my party.....all the women will wear suits of armor...."   
(Crowd) "BOO!!"
"but we'll all bring can openers!"
(Crowd) "YEA!!"

"Salvation Army, Salvation Army"
"Put a nickle in the drum....save a dollar drunken bum"
"Salvation Army, Salvation Army"
"Put a nickle in the drum and you'll be saved:"

(next person) "At my party.....there will only be one bed"
(Crowd) "BOO!!"
"wall to wall!"
(Crowd) "YEA!"

"Salvation Army, Salvation Army"
"Put a nickle in the drum....save a dollar drunken bum"
"Salvation Army, Salvation Army"
"Put a nickle in the drum and you'll be saved:"

here are some more favorites....

At my party, there won't be any girls.....but, there will be lots of WOMEN!
At my party, all the girls will wear grass skirts.....but, we'll all bring weed wackers!
At my party, all the girls will have to be home by 8 o'clock.....tomorrow morning!

With everyone coming up with "my party" ideas, the song just kept going on and on. It was loads of fun.

I hope you enjoyed my version of "Salvation Army." It was nice to see someone posted a version of the song, even if it wasn't the version I remember from my childhood.

Aloha,

Brad