| JOHNNY, I HARDLY KNEW YOU
With your drums and guns and guns and
drums, Huroo, huroo,
With your drums and guns and guns and
drums, Huroo, huroo,
With your drums and guns and
drums,
The enemy nearly slew you
My darlin' dear, you look so queer
Johnny, I hardly knew you.
Where are your legs that used to run?
Huroo, huroo,
Where are your legs that used to run?
Huroo, huroo,
Where are your legs that used to run?
A'fore you went for to carry a gun;
I fear your dancin' days are done,
Johnny, I hardly knew you,
Where are your eyes that used to
smile? Huroo, huroo,
Where are your eyes that used to
smile? Huroo, huroo.
Where are your eyes that used to
smile?
And did my heart so beguile?
Why did you run from me and my child?
Johnny, I hardly knew you.
I'm happy for to see you home,
Huroo, huroo.
I'm happy for to see you home,
Huroo, huroo.
I'm happy for to see you home,
My darlin' dear, you look so
wan
So weak in flesh, so strong in bone,
Johnny, I hardly knew you.
They're rolling out the drums again,
Huroo, huroo.
They're rolling out the drums again,
Huroo, huroo.
They're rolling out the drums again,
But they will not take our sons again
They will not take our sons again.
Johnny, we're pledging to you.
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CHRISTIANS AT WAR
(Tune: Onward, Christian Soldiers)
Onward, Christian soldiers! Duty's
way is plain;
Slay your Christian neighbors, or by
them be slain.
Pulpiteers are spouting effervescent
swill,
God above is calling you to rob and
rape and kill,
All your acts are sanctified by the
Lamb on high;
If you love the Holy Ghost, go murder,
pray and die.
Onward, Christian soldiers, rip and
tear and smite!
Let the gentle Jesus bless your
dynamite,
Splinter skulls, with shrapnel,
fertilize the sod;
Folks who do not speak your tongue
deserve the curse of God.
Smash the doors of every home, pretty
maidens seize;
Use your might and sacred right to
treat them as you please.
Onward, Christian soldiers! Eat and
drink your fill;
Rob with bloody fingers, Christ OK's
the bill.
Steal the farmer's savings, take their
grain and meat;
Even though the children starve, the
Saviour's bums must eat.
Burn the peasant's cottages, orphans
leave bereft;
In Jehovah's holy name, wreak ruin
right and left.
Onward, Christian soldiers! Drench
the land with gore;
Mercy is a weakness that all the gods
abhor.
Bayonet the babies, jab the mothers,
too;
Hoist the cross of Calvary to hallow
all you do.
File your bullets' noses flat, poison
every well;
God decrees your enemies must all go
plumb to hell.
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