Запись с СД с записями австралийских военных песен периода Первой мировой. Записано два года назад в Австралии Chloe $ Jason Roweth "Rederless horse".
Представляю здесь The arme song шуточную солдатскую песню. http://homepage.mac.com/ianlarge/armysong.mp3
The Army Song
Many versions of this song have been sung by collections of soldiers all over the world. Loosely based on a parody by Lewis Carroll which in turn was loosely based on ‘Star of the Evening, Beautiful Star’, words & music by James L. Sayles (1855). This is a selection of verses is largely taken from a version by Bill Case, who sang the song in New Guinea during World War 2.
Well I got drunk last night, I got drunk the night before,
I’m going to get drunk tonight if I never get drunk anymore.
Oh, we don’t want no more of your army, gee but I would like to go home.
Chorus:
Stars of the evening, beautiful evening stars
Stars of the evening, shining on the cookhouse door.
Well they gave us a uniform, they said that it was fine,
But me and a couple of mates we can all fit into mine,
That’s why I’m finished with the army, that’s why I want to go home.
Well I went to the cookhouse just to get a bite to eat,
And there I saw the cooks mashing the ‘taters with their feet,
So that’s why I hate the army, gee I would love to go home.
Well they built us toilets out in the open air,
The wind blew up our backsides and tickled us here & there,
Oh we are finished with your army, one day we’d like to go home.
Now they give us army biscuits, they say they’re mighty fine,
But one rolled off the table and it killed a mate of mine,
That’s why I’m fed up with the army, that’s why I’d like to go home,
Now they give us chicken, they say it is the best,
But we get the neck and the arsehole, and the officers get the rest,
That’s why I hate the bloomin’ army, it’s the reason why I’d love to go home.
Final Chorus:
Stars of the evening, beautiful evening stars
Stars of the evening shining on the shithouse door.
Сама песня пародия на более старую песню, а я встречал пародию на пародию, песню времен Первой мировой войны, где вместо первоначальных слов "Пьян вчера и пьян позавчера и напьюсь сегодня", говорится " Газы вчера и позавчера и завтра тоже будут газы..."
