a 1914 recruiting song words by Arthur Wimperis music by Herman Finck
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1. The army and the navy need attention
The outlook isn’t healthy, you’ll admit
But I’ve got a perfect dream of a new recruiting scheme
Which I really think is absolutely it
If only other girls would do as I do
I believe that we could manage it alone
For I turn all suitors from me but the sailor and the Tommy
I’ve an army and a navy of my own
Chorus
On Sunday I walk out with a Soldier
On Monday I’m taken by a Tar
On Tuesday I’m out with a baby Boy Scout
On Wednesday, a Hussar
On Thursday I gang oot wi’ a Scottie
On Friday, the Captain of the crew
But on Saturday I’m willing, if you’ll only take the shilling
To make a man of any one of you
2. I teach the tenderfoot to face the powder
That adds an added lustre to my skin
And I show the raw recruit how to give a chaste salute
So when I’m presenting arms he’s falling in
It makes you almost proud to be a woman
When you make a strapping soldier of a kid
And he says, “You put me thro’ it and I didn’t want to do it
But you went and made me love you, so I did”
Chorus
On Sunday I walk out with a Bo’sun
On Monday, a Rifleman in green
On Tuesday I choose a “sub” in the “Blues”
On Wednesday, a Marine
On Thursday, a Terrier from Tooting
On Friday, a Midshipman or two
But on Saturday I’m willing, if you’ll only take the shilling
To make a man of any one of you