That Strictly Neutral Jag 1915 "The Girl Of Tomorrow"

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 6 Sept 2007
2007

When you're ordering a drink
in this war maddened day,
when you're ordering a drink
that will drive care away,
be perfectly neutral,
don't stammer or stall,
drink each national drink
or don't drink at all.
Drink absinthe from historic France,
give good German lager a chance;
of English ale just a wink,
some Italian red ink,
then your prejudice all fades away!

For you've a strictly neutral jag,
and you can always boast and brag,
that you're a cosmopolitan,
rip, rip, rollickin' chap from the U.S.A.
And for the Kaiser and the Czar,
you'll shout a Hip! Hip! Hip! Hurrah!
And the King of little Italy and Belgium too,
Of Austria, of Britain and the Turkish crew,
they'll all join hands and give commands
to get a strictly neutral jag.

For you've a strictly neutral jag,
and you can always boast and brag,
that you're a cosmopolitan,
rip, rip, rollickin' chap from the U.S.A.
And for the Kaiser and the Czar,
you'll shout a Hip! Hip! Hip! Hurrah!
And the King of little Italy and Belgium too,
Of Austria, of Britain and the Turkish crew,
they'll all join hands and give commands
to get a strictly neutral jag.

When you're ordering a drink
in this war maddened day,
when you're ordering a drink
that will drive care away,
be perfectly neutral,
don't stammer or stall,
drink each national drink
or don't drink at all.
Drink absinthe from historic France,
give good German lager a chance;
of English ale just a wink,
some Italian red ink,
then your prejudice all fades away!

For you've a strictly neutral jag,
and you can always boast and brag,
that you're a cosmopolitan,
rip, rip, rollickin' chap from the U.S.A.
And for the Kaiser and the Czar,
you'll shout a Hip! Hip! Hip! Hurrah!
And the King of little Italy and Belgium too,
Of Austria, of Britain and the Turkish crew,
they'll all join hands and give commands
to get a strictly neutral jag.

For you've a strictly neutral jag,
and you can always boast and brag,
that you're a cosmopolitan,
rip, rip, rollickin' chap from the U.S.A.
And for the Kaiser and the Czar,
you'll shout a Hip! Hip! Hip! Hurrah!
And the King of little Italy and Belgium too,
Of Austria, of Britain and the Turkish crew,
they'll all join hands and give commands
to get a strictly neutral jag.

Soft karaoke
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That Strictly Neutral Jag 1915
from "The Girl Of Tomorrow"
Music by Joseph E.Howard & Herbert P.Stothart
Lyrics by Joseph Noel
© MCMXV by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 6 September 2007 at 11.35pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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