Strike Up The Band 1927 Gershwin

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 27 Jan 2005

We fought in nineteen seventeen,
Rumtatatumtumtum!
And drove the tyrant from the scene,
Rumtatatumtumtum!
We hope there'll be no other war
but if we are forced into one
the flag that we'll be fighting for,
is the Red and White and Blue One!
We do not favor war alarms,
Rumtatatumtumtum!
But if we hear the call to arms,
Rumtatatumtum
Rumtatatumtum
Rumtatatumtumtum!

Let the drums roll out!
Let the trumpet call!
While the people shout!
Strike up the band!
Hear the cymbals ring!
Calling one and all
to the martial swing
Strike up the Band!

There is work to be done,
to be done!
There's a war to be won, to be won!
Come, you son of a son of a gun!
Take your stand!

Fall in line, yea bo!
Come along, let's go!
Hey, leader! Strike up The Band!

Let the drums roll out!
Let the trumpet call!
While the people shout!
Strike up the band!
Hear the cymbals ring!
Calling one and all
to the martial swing
Strike up the Band!

Yankee Doo, Doodleoo, Doodleoo.
we'll come through,
Doodleoo, Doodleoo.
for the red, white and blue,
Doodleoo, Lend a hand!
With our flag unfurled,
for a brave, new world!
Hey, leader!
Strike up The Band!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Strike Up The Band 1927 Gershwin
from "Strike Up The Band" - 1927 & 1930
Music & Lyrics by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin
© 1927 & 1940 by WB Music Corp. (renewed)
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 27 January 2005 at 15.54
in association with Doug Grierson
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