Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song They Were All Out of Sleep But Jim, artist - Billy Murray. Album song Overview of American Songs (1920 - 1936), in the genre Американская музыка
Date of issue: 14.12.2017
Record label: ISIS
Song language: English
They Were All Out of Sleep But Jim |
Jimmy’s mother went to see her son |
Marching along on parade |
In his uniform and with his gun |
What a lovely picture he made |
She came home that evening |
Filled up with delight |
And to all the neighbors |
She would yell with all her might |
«Did you see my little Jimmy marching |
With the soldiers up the avenue? |
There was Jimmy just as stiff as starch |
Just like his father on the seventeenth o' March |
Did you notice all the lovely ladies |
Casting their eyes at him? |
Away he went |
To live in a tent |
Over in France with his regiment |
Were you there, and tell me, did you notice? |
They were all out of step but Jim» |
That night little Jimmy’s father stood |
Buying the drinks for the crowd |
You could tell that he was feeling good |
He was talking terribly loud |
Twenty times he treated |
My, but he was dry |
When his glass was empty |
He would treat again and cry |
«Did you see me little Jimmy marching |
With the soldiers up the avenue? |
There was Jimmy just as stiff as starch |
Like his father on the seventeenth o' March |
Did you notice all the lovely ladies |
A-casting their eyes at him? |
Sure it made me glad |
To gaze at the lad |
And Lord help the Kaiser if he’s like his dad |
Were you there, oh you were, well did you notice? |
They were all out of step but Jim» |