THE ARMY BEAN.
Reading edition
[Listen]
Air—“Sweet Bye and Bye.”
ELEVENTH CORPS. There’s a spot that the soldiers all love, The mess-tent is the place that we mean, And the dish that we like to see there Is the old-fashioned, white Army bean. Chorus. ’Tis the bean that we mean, And we’ll eat as we ne’er ate before The Army bean, nice and clean; We will stick to our beans evermore.
Now, the bean in its primitive state Is a plant we have all often met, And, when cooked in the old army style, It has charms we can never forget.—Chorus. The German is fond of sauer kraut, The potato is loved by the Mick, But the soldiers have long since found out That thro’ life to our beans we should stick.—Chorus. FOURTH CORPS.
23D CORPS. Refrain. Air—“Tell Aunt Rhoda.” Beans for breakfast, Beans for dinner, Beans for supper, Beans! Beans!! Beans!!!
