I Ain't Got Weary Yet 1918

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 22 Oct 2004

Johnny Dunn, grabbed his little gun,
sailed away, just to fight the Hun,
"Over there," fighting everywhere,
Johnny did his share.
One day he got a letter from his wife,
she asked Johnny how he liked his life,
Johnny wrote back: "Dear,
they work you hard over there."

But I ain't got weary yet,
No, I ain't got weary yet,
been digging in the trenches all day long,
all the time I'm a singing this song;
'Cause I ain't got weary yet,
and I never will, you bet!

Why all the French girls that I see,
beg to sit right on my knee,
well, if that's war it just suits me,
and I ain't got weary yet!

But I ain't got weary yet,
No, I ain't got weary yet,
been digging in the trenches all day long,
all the time I'm a singing this song;
'Cause I ain't got weary yet,
and I never will, you bet!

This life ain't work, it's only play,
just to pass the time away,
I kill ten Germans every day,
and I ain't got weary yet!

Johnny Dunn met a hulky Hun,
Johnny Dunn made the German run,
Very fast, but he could'nt last,
Johnny ran right past.
Johnny's Captain said: "Why don't you shoot?"
Johnny said: "I won't kill this galoot,
I have just killed five,
I'll bring this one in alive."

But I ain't got weary yet,
No, I ain't got weary yet,
been digging in the trenches all day long,
all the time I'm a singing this song;
'Cause I ain't got weary yet,
and I never will, you bet!

Now if I'm wounded by a shell,
some nice nurse will make me well,
and still they say that war is hell,
and I ain't got weary yet.

But I ain't got weary yet,
No, I ain't got weary yet,
been digging in the trenches all day long,
all the time I'm a singing this song;
'Cause I ain't got weary yet,
and I never will, you bet!

Why all the French girls that I see,
beg to sit right on my knee,
well, if that's war it just suits me,
and I ain't got weary yet!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I Aint Got Weary Yet 1918
Music by Percy Wenrich
Lyrics by Howard Johnson
© MCMXVIII by Leo Feist Inc.  N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 22 October 2004 at 10.59
in association with Doug Grierson
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