We'll Knock The Heligo-Into Heligo-Out of Heligoland! 1917

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 07 Feb 2003

The bo'sn blew and a Yankee crew
had stopped to hear him say:
"My lads, get under way,
we're leaving port today,
Hooray!
We're going to meet the German fleet
and blow them inside out."
Each sailor boy was filled with joy
and all began to shout:

"We're on our way to Heligoland
to get the Kaiser's goat,
in a good old Yankee boat,
up the Kiel canal we'll float,
I'm a sonofagun if I see a Hun,
I'll make him understand,
we'll knock the Heligo, into Heligo,
out of Heligoland. Yip!"

"We're on our way to Heligoland
to get the Kaiser's goat,
in a good old Yankee boat,
up the Kiel canal we'll float,
I'm a sonofagun if I see a Hun,
I'll make him understand,
we'll knock the Heligo, into Heligo,
out of Heligoland. Yip!"

The anchor's hauled as the captain called,
the crew are standing by,
each man to do or die,
when shells begin to fly, Goodbye!
"We're going to go and let them know
we hit with all our might,
I'd like to bet when we have met
they'll know they had a fight."

"We're on our way to Heligoland
to get the Kaiser's goat,
in a good old Yankee boat,
up the Kiel canal we'll float,
I'm a sonofagun if I see a Hun,
I'll make him understand,
we'll knock the Heligo, into Heligo,
out of Heligoland. Yip!"

"We're on our way to Heligoland
to get the Kaiser's goat,
in a good old Yankee boat,
up the Kiel canal we'll float,
I'm a sonofagun if I see a Hun,
I'll make him understand,
we'll knock the Heligo, into Heligo,
out of Heligoland. Yip!"

Soft karaoke
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We'll Knock The Heligo-Into Heligo-Out of Heligoland! 1917
Music by Theodore Morse
Lyrics by John O'Brien
copyright MCMXVII by Leo Feist Inc. N.Y.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Friday 07 February 2003 at 16.03
in association with Doug Grierson
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Heligoland is a strongly fortified island
guarding the entrance to the Kiel Canal,
which, at the time, was the most
important German Naval Base.