Soldiers All 1899 'The Ameer'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 09 Mar 2006
2006

Soldiers all, duty's call,
sends us forth to meet the foeman;
all we crave; soldiers grave,
timid fear have we of no man;
with a boom, boom, boom,
and a zoom, zoom, zoom!
Rataplan, rataplan,
rataplan, rataplan, rataplan.

Forward we go forth to meet the foe,
Loud let the bugle
blow its bold tataran
tatata;
forward the cry,
let our banners fly,
so forward we to victory
at duty's calling.

A soldier needs no truer friend
than by his side is hanging;
a trusty sword its aid to lend
while sounding,
sounding steel is clanging.

A blade to wield on tented field,
its temper often trying:
A lunge, then carry,
a thrust, then parry,
on skillful wrist relying:

A lunge, then carry,
a thrust, then parry,
on skillful wrist relying.

Forward we go,
forth to meet the foe;
Loud the bugle blow its bold
tatarantatata!
Forward the cry,
let our banners fly,
so forward we to victory
at duty's calling,
Hurrah! Hurrah!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Soldiers All 1899
from "The Ameer"
Music by Victor Herbert
Lyrics by Frederic Ranken
© MDCCCXCIX by M. Witmark & Sons.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 09 March 2006 at 10.58
in association with Doug Grierson
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