When The Sergeant Major's On Parade.

Seq - Dr. J.Pitt-Payne. Kar - Bunty Pritchard Jones. Apr 2001.

When the sun is shining bright,
Dispelling all the dews of night,

With Sam Browne belt and buttons bright,
Behold the Sergeant Major.

Batman makes my army bed,
And soon my boots a lustre shed;

He turns me out from foot to head,
A dapper Sergeant Major.

Then woe to them that meet my eye;
They never do, they turn and fly!

When I'm here on parade in the square,
How the folks passing by turn and stare,

For they say, "This beats the band,
The way he handles the men is grand!"

When I shout birds fly out, daisies fade:
I've a way that must be obeyed.

N.C.O.'s say I bite, While recruits die of fright,
When the Sergeant Major's on parade.

Eyes as keen as sparrow~hawk,
Or like a lobster on a stalk,

No nudge or wink or smile or talk,
Escapes the Sergeant Major.

True, I've got a fearful name,
And folks say it's a crying shame;

They'd like to kill or halt or maim,
"That fiend" the Sergeant Major.

But that's the proper Army style;
And now and then they see me smile.

When I'm here on parade in the square,
How the folks passing by turn and stare,

For they say, "This beats the band,
The way he handles the men is grand!"

When I shout birds fly out, daisies fade:
I've a way that must be obeyed.

N.C.O.'s say I bite, While recruits die of fright,
When the Sergeant Major's on parade.

Pick 'em up! Pick 'em up!
What the! Where the! Who!

Pick 'em up! Pick 'em up!
Coal fatigue for you!
Is that the way we won Waterloo?

Come along, come along,
Jump to it, my lad!

If you don't you'll hear me call a spade a spade.
Party, shun!
The Sergeant Major's on parade.

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When The Sergeant Major's On Parade 1926 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 01 Apr 2001

When The Sergeant Major's On Parade 1926 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 01 Apr
Words and Music by
Ernest Longstaffe
Copyright MCMXXV by Chappell and Co.
sequenced for Ian Cousins
by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 01 Apr 2001
Tempi adjustments by Ian Cousins - with thanks
Research by Doug Grierson
Karaoke by Bunty Pritchard Jones