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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MELANCHOLIA by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE POTATOES' DANCE by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY A RECIPE FOR SALAD by SYDNEY SMITH DRUG STORE by JOHN VAN ALSTYN WEAVER HUDSON RIVER ANTHOLOGY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A PRESENCE by KENNETH SLADE ALLING |