Marc Blitzstein - The Cannon Song lyrics

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