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ARMY BUGLE CALLS, by                    
First Line: "I can't get 'em up, I can't get 'em up"
Last Line: To thy rest
Subject(s): Army - United States;bugles


REVEILLE

I can't get 'em up, I can't get 'em up,
I can't get 'em up in the morning
I can't get 'em up, I can't get 'em up,
I can't get 'em up at all.
The corp'ral's worse than privates;
The sergeant's worse than corp'rals;
Lieutenant's worse than sergeants;
An' the captain's worst of all!

SICK CALL

Come and get your quinine, and come and get your pills;
Oh! Come and get your quinine,
And cure, and cure, all your ills, and cure your ills.

MESS CALL

Soupy, soupy, soupy, without a single bean;
Porky, porky, porky, without a streak of lean;
Coffee, coffee, coffee, without any cream.

STABLE CALL

O come to the stable, all you that are able,
And water your horses and give them some corn;
For if you don't do it, your colonel will know it,
And put you in the guard house, as sure as you're born.

FATIGUE CALL

With a pick and with a shovel, and with a hoe;
With a sentry at your back you won't say no;
With a pick and with a shovel, and with a hoe,
Down in the ditch you go!

TAPS

Fading light
Dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky,
Gleaming bright,
From a-far,
Drawing nigh,
Falls the night.

Dear one, rest!
In the west
Sable night
Lulls the day on her breast.
Sweet, good night!
Now away
To thy rest.





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