Oh! What a Lovely War

Song Oh! What a Lovely War
Artist Courtland & Jeffries
Album Songs of World War I (75 Songs)

Lyrics

[00:08.780] Up to your waist in water
[00:10.888] Up to your eyes in slush
[00:13.008] Using the kind of language
[00:14.696] That makes the sergeants blush;
[00:16.947] Who wouldn't join the army
[00:18.935] That's what we all enquire
[00:20.957] Don't we pity the poor civilians
[00:22.863] Sitting around the fire?
[00:24.749] Oh! Oh! Oh! It's a lovely war
[00:28.337] Who wouldn't be a soldier, eh?
[00:30.275] Oh, it's a shame to take the pay
[00:32.749] As soon as reveille has gone
[00:34.691] We feel just as heavy as lead
[00:36.122] But we never get up till the sergeant
[00:38.015] Brings our breakfast up to bed
[00:40.438] Oh! Oh! Oh! It's a lovely war
[00:43.842] What do you want with eggs and ham
[00:45.883] When you've got plum and apple jam?
[00:48.291] Form fours! Right turn!
[00:50.239] How shall we spend the money we earn?
[00:52.218] Oh! Oh! Oh! It's a lovely war
[00:53.296]
[00:56.207] Oh! Oh! Oh! It's a lovely war
[00:59.643] Who wouldn't be a soldier, eh?
[01:01.501] Oh, it's a shame to take the pay
[01:03.936] As soon as reveille has gone
[01:05.729] We feel just as heavy as lead
[01:07.285] But we never get up till the sergeant
[01:09.189] Brings our breakfast up to bed
[01:11.569] Oh! Oh! Oh! It's a lovely war
[01:15.002] What do you want with eggs and ham
[01:16.937] When you've got plum and apple jam?
[01:19.351] Form fours! Right turn!
[01:21.277] How shall we spend the money we earn
[01:23.141] Oh! Oh! Oh! It's a lovely war
[01:27.119]
[01:31.466] Come to the cook-house door, boys
[01:33.542] Sniff at the lovely stew
[01:35.600] Who is it says the colonel
[01:37.639] Gets better grub than you?
[01:39.575] Any complaints this morning?
[01:41.679] Do we complain? Not we
[01:43.691] What's the matter with lumps of onion
[01:45.603] Floating around the tea?
[01:47.535] Oh! Oh! Oh! It's a lovely war
[01:51.245] Who wouldn't be a soldier, eh?
[01:53.217] Oh, it's a shame to take the pay
[01:55.679] As soon as reveille has gone
[01:57.609] We feel just as heavy as lead
[01:59.194] But we never get up till the sergeant
[02:01.137] Brings our breakfast up to bed
[02:03.621] Oh! Oh! Oh! It's a lovely war
[02:07.268] What do you want with eggs and ham
[02:09.217] When you've got plum and apple jam?
[02:11.741] Form fours! Right turn!
[02:13.843] How shall we spend the money we earn?
[02:15.802] Oh! Oh! Oh! It's a lovely war
[02:18.795]
[02:19.918] Oh! Oh! Oh! It's a lovely war
[02:23.446] Who wouldn't be a soldier, eh?
[02:25.442] Oh, it's a shame to take the pay
[02:27.969] As soon as reveille has gone
[02:29.882] We feel just as heavy as lead
[02:31.402] But we never get up till the sergeant
[02:33.435] Brings our breakfast up to bed
[02:35.896] Oh! Oh! Oh! It's a lovely war
[02:39.480] What do you want with eggs and ham
[02:41.492] When you've got plum and apple jam?
[02:43.988] Form fours! Right turn!
[02:46.024] How shall we spend the money we earn
[02:48.023] Oh! Oh! Oh! It's a lovely war