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Thread #8395 Message #4221253
Posted By: Jack Horntip
19-Apr-25 - 10:43 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Salvation Army/Throw a Nickel on the Drum
Subject: RE: Origins: Salvation Army/Throw a Nickel on the Drum
Salvation Army Song
If you want to go to heaven when you die, when you die If you want to go to heaven when you die, when you die Just grab a little bonnet with Salvation Army on it. If you want to go to heaven when you die.
Come and join us Come and join us Come and join our happy band! Come and join us Come and join us Come and join our happy band!
Will you please put a penny on the old tin drum Will you please put a penny on the old tin drum We only wantta panna to buy enough for Anna If you want to go to heaven when you die.
Posted May 22, 2009 to Youtube. Sung by an octogenarian. The tune used is the same used for the WWI song "If You Want the Old Battalion We Know Where They Are (Barbed Wire)".