[00:00.486]There's a spot that the soldiers all love,
[00:04.141]The mess-tent's the place that we mean,
[00:08.081]And the dish we like best to see there
[00:12.031]Is the old-fashioned white army bean.
[00:16.254]Tis the bean that we mean,
[00:20.164]And we'll eat as we ne'er ate before;
[00:24.086]The army bean, nice and clean,
[00:29.974]We'll stick to our beans evermore.
[00:37.756]Now the bean in its primitive state
[00:41.969]Is a plant we have all often met;
[00:45.900]And when cooked in the old army style,
[00:49.831]It has charms we can never forget.
[00:53.748]Tis the bean that we mean,
[00:57.676]And we'll eat as we ne'er ate before;
[01:01.608]The army bean, nice and clean,
[01:07.516]We'll stick to our beans evermore.
[01:15.290]The German is fund of Sauerkraut,
[01:19.221]The potato is loved by the Mick;
[01:23.142]But the soldiers have long since found out
[01:26.788]That through life to our beans we must stick.
[01:30.993]Tis the bean that we mean,
[01:34.628]And we'll eat as we ne'er ate before;
[01:38.555]The army bean, nice and clean,
[01:44.446]We'll stick to our beans evermore.