[00:00.000] 作曲 : Traditional Song
[00:02.559] Oh soldiers, I’ve concluded to make a little song,
[00:06.857] And if I tell no falsehood there can be nothing wrong,
[00:10.974] If any be offended at what I have to sing,
[00:14.996] Then surely his own conscience applies the bitter sting.
[00:19.207] Oh, how do you like the Army
[00:21.213] The brass-mounted Army,
[00:23.220] The high-falutin’ Army,
[00:25.227] Where eagle buttons rule?
[00:27.325] Whisky is a monster, and ruins great and small,
[00:31.394] But in our noble Army, Headquarters gets it all;
[00:35.558] They drink it when there’s danger, although it seems too hard,
[00:39.580] But if a private touches it, they put him “under guard.”
[00:43.645] Oh, how do you like the army,
[00:45.749] The brass-mounted army,
[00:47.760] The high-fallutin' army,
[00:49.862] Where eagle buttons rule?
[00:51.872] The Army’s now much richer than when the war begun,
[00:55.845] It furnishes three tables where once it had but one;
[00:59.955] The first is richly loaded with chickens, goose, and duck,
[01:04.023] The nest with pork and mutton, the third with good old buck.
[01:08.196] Oh, how do you like the army,
[01:10.209] The brass-mounted army,
[01:12.217] The high-fallutin' army,
[01:14.133] Where eagle buttons rule?
[01:16.240] Our generals eat the poultry, and buy it very cheap,
[01:20.218] Our colonels and our majors devour the hog and sheep;
[01:24.473] The privates are contented (except when they can steal),
[01:28.391] With beef and corn bread plenty to make a hearty meal.
[01:32.733] Oh, how do you like the army,
[01:34.884] The brass-mounted army,
[01:36.752] The high-fallutin' army,
[01:38.808] Where eagle buttons rule?
[01:40.917] Sometimes we git so hungry, we're bound to press a pig;
[01:44.936] Then the larggest stump in Dixie we're sure to have to dig.
[01:49.002] And when we fret, an officer who wears long legged boots
[01:53.061] With neither judge nor jury, puts us on “double roots.”
[01:57.135] Oh, how do you like the army,
[01:59.277] The brass-mounted army,
[02:01.200] The high-fallutin' army,
[02:03.214] Where eagle buttons rule?
[02:05.356] These things and many others are truely hard to me
[02:09.382] But still I’ll be contented, and fight for Liberty!
[02:13.444] And when the war is over, oh what a jolly time!
[02:17.457] We’ll be our own commanders and sing much sweeter rhymes.
[02:21.523] Oh, how do you like the army, the brass-mounted army,
[02:25.628] The high-fallutin' army, where eagle buttons rule?
[02:29.754] We’ll see our loving sweethearts, and sometimes kiss them, too,
[02:33.816] We’ll eat the finest rations, and bid old buck adieu,
[02:38.029] There’ll be no generals with orders to compel,
[02:42.422] Long boots and eagle buttons, forever fare ye well!
[02:46.691] And thus we’ll leave the Army,
[02:48.612] The brass-mounted Army,
[02:50.627] The high-falutin’ Army,
[02:52.455] Where eagle buttons rule.