When The War Breaks Out In Mexico 1914

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 Apr 2009
2009

Somebody told Sam Jackson
'bout the War in Mexico,
they said, your country needs you now,
so grab your gun and go,
Go where the rifles crack
and lead each mad attack,
Sam said,
I knew a hero once
who got shot in the back,
and after all the folks had read
about the charge he led
they said, he was a hero,
ain't it too bad that he's dead.
Therefore, I must refuse
to help Miss Vera Cruz,
I couldn't go to any war
with just one pair of shoes.

When the war breaks out in Mexico
I'm going to go to Montreal
on my forty second cousin up in Canada
I'm going to make a friendly call,
I'd like to be a hero in a suit of blue,
but my insurance policy is overdue,
When the war breaks out in Mexico
Someone else can start fighting
I'm going to go to Montreal.

When the war breaks out in Mexico
I'm going to go to Montreal
a postal card will reach me up in Canada
I won't be coming home till fall.
'Bout my patrioticism
I don't want to brag
But I'll lean out of a window
and I'll wave a flag,
when the war breaks out in Mexico
Just break the news to father
that I'm going to go to Montreal.

Sam Jackson said,
my head and heart
are very, very brave.
But when I am in battle,
my two feet will not behave,
I had a fight one day,
my head wanted to stay,
In spite of all my head could do
both my feet ran away,
a soldier on a battle field
can have lots of bad luck.
For when a bullet comes along
he might forget to duck,
so when the bugles blow
and all the soldiers go,
You'll see me going mighty fast
but not to Mexico.

When the war breaks out in Mexico
I'm going to go to Montreal
on my forty second cousin up in Canada
I'm going to make a friendly call,
I'd like to be a hero in a suit of blue,
but my insurance policy is overdue,
When the war breaks out in Mexico
Someone else can start fighting
I'm going to go to Montreal.

When the war breaks out in Mexico
I'm going to go to Montreal
a postal card will reach me up in Canada
I won't be coming home till fall.
'Bout my patrioticism
I don't want to brag
But I'll lean out of a window
and I'll wave a flag,
when the war breaks out in Mexico
Just break the news to father
that I'm going to go to Montreal.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
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lyric
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When The War Breaks Out In Mexico 1914
Music by Ernest Breuer
Lyrics by J.Brandon Walsh
© MCMXIV by Will Rossiter - Chicago
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, LondonUK
on Thursday 30 April 2009 at 09.51
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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