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SALVATION ARMY
SALVATION ARMY! Taking your time from the clock on the church
tower opposite —
CHORUS:
To the citadel - QUICK - MARCH!
Come and join us! Come and join us!
Come and join our happy throng!
Sister Anna — You'll carry the banner!
"But I carried it last time."
Well, you'll carry it this time, and don't bloody argue!
Sister Cox - YOU'LL carry the box!
"But I carried it last night."
Well you'll carry it tonight, tomorrow night, and every other bloody night!
Sister Tucker - YOU'LL carry the other blighter!
"But I'm in the family way!"
You're in every
bastard's way !
Sister Nellie - You've got a hole in your belly!
"Well, so would you if you carried the banner for forty flaming years."
"I am an ex-naval officer. I used to stand on street corners, and associate
with the
wrong kind of women. But now I have seen the LIGHT: I have
reformed! I feel so happy I could put my foot right through that
BLOODY DRUM!
The text above is the The Fleet Air Arm Song Book Mark II.