You Great Big Handsome Marine 1917

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 17 Feb 2003

From the earliest of ages
down on Hist'ry's tattered pages,
are the famous deeds
of Sherman, Grant and Lee,
Ev'ry man has had his equal,
yet there's never been a sequel,
to the man who fights on
land or out at Sea.
He's the flower of our nation,
he is one great big sensation,
and he's out to either do or die,
when they're marching all in step,
filled with good old Yankee pep,
why your heart will jump with joy
as they go by.

Oh you great big handsome Marine,
you are the niftiest fellow I've seen,
you are the nation's pride and joy,
wonderful boy, wonderful boy,
our hats are off to you,
you are a soldier of the Sea,
first to fight
for Truth and Liberty,
If Washington was living, too,
he'd be mighty proud of you,
Go over the top!
Go over the top!
You great big handsome Marine!

Oh you great big handsome Marine,
you are the niftiest fellow I've seen,
you are the nation's pride and joy,
wonderful boy, wonderful boy,
our hats are off to you,
you are a soldier of the Sea,
first to fight
for Truth and Liberty,
If Washington was living, too,
he'd be mighty proud of you,
Go over the top!
Go over the top!
You great big handsome Marine!

On his heart and soul he's willing
on the Marne he made a killing,
he's the boy who won't give up
and never will,
He has the Kaiser scheming,
and the Prussian Eagle screaming,
and he'll give the Fritzie boys
a Yankee pill,
on the Sea he's goin' to chase 'em,
and on land he's goin' to race 'em,
in the air he'll drop a bomb on old Berlin,
Hindenbergh and all his gang,
to a linden tree they'll hang,
and they'll teach them all
to sing as they march on.

Oh you great big handsome Marine,
you are the niftiest fellow I've seen,
you are the nation's pride and joy,
wonderful boy, wonderful boy,
our hats are off to you,
you are a soldier of the Sea,
first to fight
for Truth and Liberty,
If Washington was living, too,
he'd be mighty proud of you,
Go over the top!
Go over the top!
You great big handsome Marine!

Oh you great big handsome Marine,
you are the niftiest fellow I've seen,
you are the nation's pride and joy,
wonderful boy, wonderful boy,
our hats are off to you,
you are a soldier of the Sea,
first to fight
for Truth and Liberty,
If Washington was living, too,
he'd be mighty proud of you,
Go over the top!
Go over the top!
You great big handsome Marine!

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You Great Big Handsome Marine 1917
Words and Music by Harold Dixon
copyright 1917 by Dixon-Lane Pub.Co, St. Louis, Chicago
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Monday 17 February 2003 at 17.09
in association with Doug Grierson
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