I'll Make A Man Of You 1914

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 22 Nov 2002

The Army and the Navy need attention,
the outlook isn't healthy you'll admit,
But I've got a perfect dream
of a new recruiting scheme,
which I really think is absolutely it.
If only other girls would do as I do
I believe that we could manage it alone,
for I turn all suitors from me
but the Sailor and the Tommy,
I've an Army and a Navy of my own.

On Sunday I walk out with a Soldier,
On Monday I'm taken by a Tar,
On Tuesday I'm out with a Baby Boy Scout,
On Wednesday a Hussar,
On Thursday I gang oot wi' a Scottie,
On Friday, the Captain of the crew,
But on Saturday I'm willing
if you'll only take the shilling,
to make a man of any one of you.

On Sunday I walk out with a Bo'sun,
On Monday a Rifleman in green,
On Tuesday I choose a 'sub' in the 'Blues',
On Wednesday a Marine;
On Thursday, a Terrier from Tooting,
On Friday, a Midshipman or two,
But on Saturday I'm willing
if you'll only take the shilling,
to make a man of any one of you.

I teach the tenderfoot to face the powder,
that adds an added lustre to my skin,
and I show the raw recruit
how to give a chaste salute,
so when I'm presenting arms
he's falling in.
It makes you almost proud to be a woman
when you make a strapping soldier of a kid,
and he says: "You put me though it
and I didn't want to do it,
but you went and made me love you,
so I did."

On Sunday I walk out with a Soldier,
On Monday I'm taken by a Tar,
On Tuesday I'm out with a Baby Boy Scout,
On Wednesday a Hussar,
On Thursday I gang oot wi' a Scottie,
On Friday, the Captain of the crew,
But on Saturday I'm willing
if you'll only take the shilling,
to make a man of any one of you.

On Sunday I walk out with a Bo'sun,
On Monday a Rifleman in green,
On Tuesday I choose a 'sub' in the 'Blues',
On Wednesday a Marine;
On Thursday, a Terrier from Tooting,
On Friday, a Midshipman or two,
But on Saturday I'm willing
if you'll only take the shilling,
to make a man of any one of you.

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I'll Make A Man Of You 1914
Music by Herman Finck
Lyrics by Arthur Wimperis
copyright 1914 by Francis Day and Hunter, London UK
This arrangement copyright 1978 by EMI Music Pub. Ltd.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Friday 22 November 2002 at 22.32
in association with Doug Grierson
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