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Thread #8395 Message #4221272
Posted By: Lighter
20-Apr-25 - 08:56 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Salvation Army/Throw a Nickel on the Drum
Subject: RE: Origins: Salvation Army/Throw a Nickel on the Drum
Oscar Brand recorded (and presumably penned) a Salvation Army song on one of his "Bawdy Songs" albums in the early '60s. It used the "Save a Fighter Pilot" tune.
All I remember is the first two lines:
"They came marching down our ally like a bunch of Queen's Marines, A-playing "hallelujah!" on thei drums and tambourines."