My Little Service Flag Has Seven Stars 1918

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 18 Feb 2003

When the cruel war came o'er us
I was in the Ziegfield chorus
with a "John" for ev'ry evening in the week,
ev'ry night some little chappie
did his best to make me happy
I was in the seventh heaven so to speak
but then the country called her boys to war
and all my "Johns"
were true blue to the core.

Billy's busy drilling in the infantry,
Artie's in the aviation corps,
Freddie's out there with the field artillery
Franky's fighting on a foreign shore.
Tommy's on a tank
out on the Western Front,
Joe and Jerry both are jolly tars,
I'm so lonesome it's a pity
but I've done my little "bitty"
and my little service flag has seven stars.

Billy's busy drilling in the infantry,
Artie's in the aviation corps,
Freddie's out there with the field artillery
Franky's fighting on a foreign shore.
Tommy's on a tank
out on the Western Front,
Joe and Jerry both are jolly tars,
I'm so lonesome it's a pity
but I've done my little "bitty"
and my little service flag has seven stars.

I don't mind if days are meatless
but the subway's always seatless
and on Johnless nights
we all go home that way.
Wineless meals of cheese and crackers
with a lot of spineless slackers
aren't just the things to make a girlie gay,
but when the cruel war is o'er you'll see
my generals come marching home to me.

Billy's busy drilling in the infantry,
Artie's in the aviation corps,
Freddie's out there with the field artillery
Franky's fighting on a foreign shore.
Tommy's on a tank
out on the Western Front,
Joe and Jerry both are jolly tars,
I'm so lonesome it's a pity
but I've done my little "bitty"
and my little service flag has seven stars.

Billy's busy drilling in the infantry,
Artie's in the aviation corps,
Freddie's out there with the field artillery
Franky's fighting on a foreign shore.
Tommy's on a tank
out on the Western Front,
Joe and Jerry both are jolly tars,
I'm so lonesome it's a pity
but I've done my little "bitty"
and my little service flag has seven stars.

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My Little Service Flag Has Seven Stars 1918
Music by Harry Tierney
Lyrics by Stanley Murphy
copyright MCMXVIII by Jerome H. Remick and Co. N.Y. and Detroit
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Tuesday 18 February 2003 at 11.19
in association with Doug Grierson
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