The General's Fast Asleep.

Seq- Dr.J.Pitt-Payne. Kar- Bunty Pritchard Jones.July 2000

Right across the nurs'ry floor,
Gallant soldiers dressed for war,

Drummer boys and buglers grand,
Waiting the word of command

Spick and span they stand,
But never a word of command.

You won't see any big parade,
There won't be any bugle played,

Sad to say no war today,
'Cos the General's fast asleep.

Soldiers in a mighty row,
They've been told they're to fight the foe,

Sad to say no war today,
'Cos the General's fast asleep.

The Colonel's mad and the Major's blue,
The Captain's sad and the Sergeant too,

Guess this war will have to keep,
It's enough to make an army weep,

Look, oh, look, at the curly head,
Time to take him away to bed,

Sad to say no war today
'Cos the General's fast asleep.

All the gunners wear a frown,
Half the tanks are upside down,

While the horses say "neigh~neigh",
There'll be no battle today

Air Force must not fly,
They know there's a good reason why.

You won't see any big parade,
There won't be any bugle played,

Sad to say no war today,
'Cos the General's fast asleep.

Soldiers in a mighty row,
They've been told they're to fight the foe,

Sad to say no war today,
'Cos the General's fast asleep.

The Colonel's mad and the Major's blue,
The Captain's sad and the Sergeant too,

Guess this war will have to keep,
It's enough to make an army weep,

Look, oh, look, at the curly head,
Time to take him away to bed,

Sad to say no war today
'Cos the General's fast asleep.

Gee, it seems an awful shame,
That his vict'ry won't go down to fame,

Sandman's here to dim the light,
Little Gen'ral goodnight.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
synth strings
synth brass
Lyric-tune
The General's Fast Asleep
Words and Music by
Jimmy Kennedy
and
Michael Carr
MIDI
Research by
Doug Grierson
sequence by
Dr. James Pitt-Payne in London UK
Karaoke by
Bunty Pritchard Jones
The General's Fast Asleeps
Military Fox-Trot
1935
The General's Fast Asleep 1935 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 3 July 2000

The Gerneral's Fast Aspeep - 1935 Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr