The Makin's Of The USA 1918

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 14 Jul 2004

The boys in Yankee regiments
have sox on every leg
but they have no tobacco
nor tobacco can they beg.
The other allied soldiers
are as cunning as a fox;
they've always got tobacco
in their old tobacco box.
A soldier cannot smoke a pair of sox
so help to fill the old tobacco box.

If you are not a slacker
get a sack of good tobacco,
and send it to your Yankee soldier right away.
Send on the old Bull Durham
and then he'll know you're for him,
because it is the makin's of the U.S.A.

If you are not a slacker
get a sack of good tobacco,
and send it to your Yankee soldier right away.
Send on the old Bull Durham
and then he'll know you're for him,
because it is the makin's of the U.S.A.

Italian smokes are strong enough
to cause a male to sneeze,
the smokes they capture from the Huns
are like Limburger cheese.
You have to wear a gas mask
using smokes made by the French.
And English cigarettes
will clean out any German trench.
A soldier cannot smoke a powder rag
he'd rather have the makin's in a bag.

If you are not a slacker
get a sack of good tobacco,
and send it to your Yankee soldier right away.
Send on the old Bull Durham
and then he'll know you're for him,
because it is the makin's of the U.S.A.

If you are not a slacker
get a sack of good tobacco,
and send it to your Yankee soldier right away.
Send on the old Bull Durham
and then he'll know you're for him,
because it is the makin's of the U.S.A.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Makin's Of The USA 1918
Lyrics by Vincent Bryan
Music by Harry von Tilzer
© MCMXVIII by Harry von Tilzer Mus.Pub.Co.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 13 July 2004 at 23.33
in association with Doug Grierson
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The Makins of the U.S.A. A Plea in Song
for Tobacco for the Boys Over There.
Lyric by Vincent Bryan. Music by Harry Von Tilzer.
Publication: New York: Harry Von Tilzer, 222 W. 46th St., 1918.
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