WORDS TO THE ARMY TRUMPET CALLS
Reading edition
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; Corp'rals worse than the privates; Sergeants worse than the corporals; Lieutenants worse than the sergeants, And the capt'n's the worst of all.
Chorus—
I can't get 'em up, I can't get 'em up, etc.
MESS CALL:
Soup-y, soup-y soup, Without a single bean. Pork-y, pork-y, pork, Without a streak of lean; Coffee, Coffee, Coffee, Without any cream! (Or, the weakest ever seen!)
SICK CALL:
Come and get your quinine, come and get your pills, Oh! come and get your quinine, come and get your pills.
STABLE CALL:
Come all who are able and go to the stable, And water your horses and give 'em some corn; For if you don't do it, the Col'nel will know it, And then you will rue it, sure as you're born.
TAPS:
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Fades the light; Love, good night. And afar When the day Goeth day, Must thou go Cometh night; And the night And a star Day is done Leadeth all, Leave me so? Speedeth all Fare thee well; To their rest. Night is on.
ANOTHER VERSION.
When your last Day is past, From afar Some bright star O'er your grave Watch will keep, While you sleep With the brave.