The Last Long Mile 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 03 Jun 2006
2006

Oh they put me in the Army
and they handed me a pack,
they took away my nice new clothes
and dolled me up in kack;
they marched me twenty miles a day
to fit me for the war.
I didn't mind the first nineteen
but the last one made me sore:

Oh it's not the pack
that you carry on your back,
nor the Springfield on your shoulder,
nor the five inch crust
of Khaki colored dust
that makes you feel
your limbs are growing older,
and it's not the hike
on the hard turned pike
that wipes away your smile,
nor the socks of sister's
that raise the blooming blisters,
it's the last long mile.

Oh it's not the pack
that you carry on your back,
nor the Springfield on your shoulder,
nor the five inch crust
of Khaki colored dust
that makes you feel
your limbs are growing older,
and it's not the hike
on the hard turned pike
that wipes away your smile,
nor the socks of sister's
that raise the blooming blisters,
it's the last long mile.

Some day they'll send us over
and they'll put us in a trench,
takin' pot shots at the Fritzes
with the Tommies and the French,
and some day we'll be marching
through a town across the Rhine,
and then you bet we'll all forget
these mournful words of mine:

Oh it's not the pack
that you carry on your back,
nor the Springfield on your shoulder,
nor the five inch crust
of Khaki colored dust
that makes you feel
your limbs are growing older,
and it's not the hike
on the hard turned pike
that wipes away your smile,
nor the socks of sister's
that raise the blooming blisters,
it's the last long mile.

Oh it's not the pack
that you carry on your back,
nor the Springfield on your shoulder,
nor the five inch crust
of Khaki colored dust
that makes you feel
your limbs are growing older,
and it's not the hike
on the hard turned pike
that wipes away your smile,
nor the socks of sister's
that raise the blooming blisters,
it's the last long mile.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Last Long Mile 1917
The Plattsburg Marching Song, 1917
dedicated to the 17th Co 18th P.T.R.
by Emil Breitenfeld Company 17
© MCMXVII by Henry W. Savage Inc.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 03 June 2006 at 16.54
in association with Doug Grierson
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