Cannon Song

Lyrics

[MACHEATH] John was all present and Jim was all there [TIGER BROWN] And Georgie was up for promotion [MACHEATH] Not that the Army gave a bugger who they were [TIGER BROWN] When confronting some heathen commotion [MACHEATH & TIGER BROWN] The troops live under The cannon's thunder From Sind to Cooch Behar [TIGER BROWN] Moving from place to place [MACHEATH & TIGER BROWN] When they come face to face [TIGER BROWN] With a different breed of fellow [MACHEATH] Whose skins are black or yellow [MACHEATH & TIGER BROWN] They quick as winking chop them into beefsteak tartar! [MACHEATH] Johnny found his whisky too warm [TIGER BROWN] And Jimmy found the weather too balmy [MACHEATH] But Georgie took them both by the arm [TIGER BROWN] And said, "Don't ever disappoint the army!" [MACHEATH & TIGER BROWN] The troops live under The cannon's thunder From Sind to Cooch Behar [TIGER BROWN] Moving from place to place [MACHEATH & TIGER BROWN] When they come face to face [TIGER BROWN] With a different breed of fellow [MACHEATH] Whose skins are black or yellow [MACHEATH & TIGER BROWN] They quick as winking chop them into beefsteak tartar! [MACHEATH] John is a write-off and Jimmy is dead [TIGER BROWN] And Georgie was shot for looting [MACHEATH] But young men's blood goes on being red [TIGER BROWN] And the army still goes on ahead recruiting [MACHEATH & TIGER BROWN] The troops live under The cannon's thunder From Sind to Cooch Behar [TIGER BROWN] Moving from place to place [MACHEATH] When they come face to face [TIGER BROWN] With a different breed of fellow [MACHEATH] Whose skins are black or yellow [MACHEATH & TIGER BROWN] They quick as winking chop them into beefsteak tartar!