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Thread #39835 Message #568233
Posted By: Charley Noble
09-Oct-01 - 11:57 AM
Thread Name: Lyr/Tune Req: I Don't Want to Be a Soldier
Subject: Lyr Add: I DON'T WANT TO BE A SOLDIER
Guest Keitho's version is very similar to one my old friend Denis Puleston used to sing, and also shares the Monday to Sunday verse parody of "I'll Make a Man of You" which I never was aware of - now it makes more sense:
I DON'T WANT TO BE A SOLDIER (Learned from the singing of Denis Puleston of Brookheaven, Long Island)
Monday I touched her on the ankle, Tuesday I touched her on the knee, Wednesday with success I lifted up her dress, Thursday her chemise, gor-blimey! Friday I put my hand upon it, Saturday she gave me balls a tweak, But it was Sunday after supper, I rammed it up her scupper, Now I do it seven days a week, gor-blimey!
I don't want to join the Army, I don't want me knockers shot away, I just want to hang around, Piccadilly underground, Living off the earnings of a high born lady, Call out the Army and the Navy, Call out the old Home Guard, You can always call the Bold Territorials, They'll save England with a smile, gor-blimey!
Call out me mother and me brother, Call out the old Home Guard; You can call out me mother, Me sister and me brother, But for God's sake, don't call me!