Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Win The War Blues , by - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson. Release date: 10.08.2008
Song language: English
Win The War Blues |
| with Blind John Davis — piano, Ted Summitt — gtr |
| Armand 'Jump' Jackson — drums |
| Recording: Chicago, Dec 14, 1944 |
| Album: Vol. |
| 4 Document Records DOCD5058 |
| Uncle Sam is gonna give me a Thunderbolt, yeah |
| He want me to fly a-way up above the cloud |
| Uncle Sam is gonna give me a Thunderbolt, yeah |
| He wants me to fly a-way up above the cloud |
| He wants to drop a bomb on the Japanese |
| I really got to make my baby proud |
| I wants a machine gun, yeah |
| And I wants to be hid out in the wood |
| I wants a machine gun |
| And I wants to be hid out in the wood |
| I wants to show old man Hitler |
| That Sonny Boy don’t mean him no good |
| I wants to drop a big bomb, yeah |
| An set the Japanese city on fire |
| I wants to drop a bomb, um |
| An set the Japanese city on fire |
| Now because they are so rotten |
| That I’d just love to see them die |
| 'Well alright!' |
| (harmonica & instrumental) |
| I’ve got the victory blues |
| Because I know I have got to go |
| I’ve got the victory blues |
| Because I know I have got to go |
| Now to keep the dirty Japanese |
| From slippin' in through my baby’s back door. |