Текст песни It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier - Live - Tom Lehrer
I
have
only
comparatively
recently
emerged
from
the
United
States
Army,
so
that
I
am
now,
of
course,
in
The
radioactive
reserve.
And,
the
usual
jokes
about
The
Army
aside,
one
of
the
many
fine
things
one
has
#To
admit
is
the
way
that
the
Army
has
carried
the
American
democratic
ideal
to
its
logical
conclusion,
In
the
sense
that
not
only
do
they
prohibit
discrimination
On
the
grounds
of
race,
creed,
and
color,
but
also
on
The
grounds
of
ability.
Be
that
as
it
may,
some
of
you
may
recall
the
publicity
A
few
years
ago
attendant
upon
the
Army's
search
for
an
Official
Army
song
to
be
the
counterpart
of
the
Navy's
"Anchors
Aweigh"
and
the
Air
Force's
"Up
In
The
Air,
Junior
Birdman"
and
so
on.
I
was
in
basic
training
at
The
time,
and
I
recall
our
platoon
sergeant,
who
was
An
unfrocked
Marine.
(Actually,
the
change
of
service
Had
come
as
quite
a
blow
to
him
because
it
meant
that
He
had
to
memorize
a
new
serial
number
which
took
up
Most
of
his
time.)
At
any
rate,
I
recall
this
sergeant's
informing
me
and
My
"roommates"
of
this
rather
deplorable
fact
that
the
Army
didn't
have
any
official...
excuse
me,
didn't
have
No
official
song
and
suggested
that
we
work
on
this
in
Our
copious
free
time.
Well,
I
submitted
the
following
Song,
which
is
called
"It
Makes
A
Fellow
Proud
To
Be
A
Soldier"
which,
I
think,
demonstrates
the
proper
spirit,
You'll
agree.
However,
the
fact
that
it
did
not
win
the
Contest
I
can
ascribe
only
to
blatant
favoritism
on
part
Of
the
judges.
The
heart
of
every
man
in
our
platoon
must
swell
with
pride
For
the
nation's
youth,
the
cream
of
which
is
marching
at
his
side
For
the
fascinating
rules
and
regulations
that
we
share
And
the
quaint
and
curious
costumes
that
we're
called
upon
to
wear
Now
Al
joined
up
to
do
his
part
defending
you
and
me
He
wants
to
fight
and
bleed
and
kill
and
die
for
liberty
With
the
hell
of
war
he's
come
to
grips
Policing
up
the
filter
tips
It
makes
a
fellow
proud
to
be
a
soldier!
When
Pete
was
only
in
the
seventh
grade,
he
stabbed
a
cop
He's
real
R.A.
material,
and
he
was
glad
to
swap
His
switchblade
and
his
old
zip
gun
For
a
bayonet
and
a
new
M-1
It
makes
a
fellow
proud
to
be
a
soldier!
After
Johnny
got
through
basic
training,
he
Was
a
soldier
through
and
through
when
he
was
done
Its
effects
were
so
well
rooted
That
the
next
day
he
saluted
A
Good
Humor
man,
an
usher,
and
a
nun
Now,
Fred's
an
intellectual,
brings
a
book
to
every
meal
He
likes
the
deep
philosophers,
like
Norman
Vincent
Peale
He
thinks
the
army's
just
the
thing
Because
he
finds
it
broadening
It
makes
a
fellow
proud
to
be
a
soldier!
Now,
Ed
flunked
out
of
second
grade,
and
never
finished
school
He
doesn't
know
a
shelter
half
from
an
entrenching
tool
But,
he's
going
to
be
a
big
success
He
heads
his
class
at
OCS
It
makes
a
fellow
proud
to
be
a
soldier!
Our
old
mess
sergeant's
taste
buds
had
been
shot
off
in
the
war
But
his
savory
collations
add
to
our
esprit
de
corps
To
think
of
all
the
marvelous
ways
They're
using
plastics
nowadays
It
makes
a
fellow
proud
to
be
a
soldier!
Our
lieutenant
is
the
up-and-coming
type
Played
with
soldiers
as
a
boy,
you
just
can
bet
It
is
written
in
the
stars
He
will
get
his
captain's
bars
But
he
hasn't
got
enough
box
tops
yet
Our
captain
has
a
handicap
to
cope
with,
sad
to
tell
He's
from
Georgia,
and
he
doesn't
speak
the
language
very
well
He
used
to
be,
so
rumor
has
The
Dean
of
Men...
at
Alcatraz
It
makes
a
fellow
proud
to
be
What
as
a
kid
I
vowed
to
be
What
luck
to
be
allowed
to
be
a
soldier
(At
ease!)
1 The Old Dope Peddler
2 Be Prepared
3 The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be
4 I Wanna Go Back To Dixie
5 Fight Fiercely, Harvard
6 Lobachevsky
7 The Irish Ballad
8 The Hunting Song
9 My Home Town
10 When You Are Old And Grey
11 I Hold Your Hand In Mine
12 The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz
13 Poisoning Pigeons In the Park
14 Bright College Days
15 A Christmas Carol
16 The Elements
17 Oedipus Rex
18 In Old Mexico
19 Clementine
20 It Makes a Fellow Proud to Be a Soldier
21 She's My Girl
22 The Masochism Tango
23 We Will All Go Together When We Go
24 Poisoning Pigeons In The Park - Live
25 Bright College Days - Live
26 A Christmas Carol - Live
27 The Elements - Live
28 Oedipus Rex - Live
29 In Old Mexico - Live
30 Clementine - Live
31 It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier - Live
32 She's My Girl - Live
33 The Masochism Tango - Live
34 We Will All Go Together When We Go - Live
35 I Wanna Go Back To Dixie - Live
36 The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be - Live
37 The Old Dope Peddler - Live
38 Fight Fiercely, Harvard - Live
39 Lobachevsky - Live
40 The Irish Ballad - Live
41 The Hunting Song - Live
42 My Home Town - Live
43 The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz - Live
44 Be Prepared - Live
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