A Brown Slouch Hat 1942

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 1May2025
2025

There is a symbol, we love and adore it,
you see it daily where ever you go.
Long years have passed since our fathers
once were it,
what is this symbol that
we should all know,
it's a brown slouch hat
with the side turned up
and it seems the world to me,
It's the symbol of our Nation
the land of liberty.
and as soldiers they wear it,
how proudly they bear it
for all the world to see
just a brown slouch hat
with the side turned up,
heading straight for Victory.

Don't you thrill as young Bill passes by
don't you beam at the gleam in his eye?
Head erect, shoulders square,
tunic spic and span.
Ev'ry inch a soldier
and ev'ry inch a man.
As they swing down the street,
aren't they grand?
Three abreast is the beat of the band.
But what do we remember when
the boys have passed along,
marching by so brave and strong,

Just a brown slouch hat
with the side turned up
and it seems the world to me,
It's the symbol of our Nation
the land of liberty.
and as soldiers they wear it,
how proudly they bear it
for all the world to see
just a brown slouch hat
with the side turned up,
heading straight for Victory.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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A Brown Slouch Hat 1942
Lyrics & Music by George Wallace
© 1942 by J.Albert & Son Pty.Ltd. Sydney
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 1 May 2025 at 15.43
in association with Torquil Syme
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James Pitt-Payne