Cannon Song
John was all present and Jim was all there and Georgie was up for promotio
Not that the Army gave a bugger who they were when confronting some heathen commotio
The troops live under the cannon's thunder from Sind to Cooch Beha
when they come face to fac
moving from place to plac
With a different breed of fellow whose skins are black or yello
They quick as winking chop him into beefsteak tarta
Johnny found his whiskey too warm and Jimmy found the weather too balm
But Georgie took them both by the arm and said "Don't ever disappoint the army"
The troops live under the cannon's thunder from Sind to Cooch Beha
when they come face to fac
moving from place to plac
With a different breed of fellow whose skins are black or yello
They quick as winking chop him into beefsteak tarta
John is a write-off and Jimmy is dead and Georgie was shot for lootin
And young men's blood goes on being red and the army still goes on ahead recruitin
The troops live under the cannon's thunder from Sind to Cooch Beha
when they come face to fac
moving from place to plac
With a different breed of fellow whose skins are black or yello
They quick as winking chop him into beefsteak tartar
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