A WWI bugle song, 1918. Words and Music by Irving Berlin. Cover Art by Albert W. Barbelle. Copyright ©23 Jul 1918. Also used in “ALEXANDER’S RAGTIME BAND,” 1938. Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
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“Oh! how I hate to get up in the morning
Oh! how I’d love to remain in bed
For the hardest blow of all
Is to hear the bugler call
You’ve got to get up, you’ve got to get up
You’ve got to get up this morning
Some day I’m going to murder the bugler
Some day they’re going to find him dead
I’ll amputate his reveille
And step upon it heavily
And spend the rest of my life in bed”
Chorus
“Oh! how I hate to get up in the morning
Oh! how I’d love to remain in bed
For the hardest blow of all
Is to hear the bugler call
You’ve got to get up, you’ve got to get up
You’ve got to get up this morning
Oh! boy the minute the battle is over
Oh! boy the minute the foe is dead
I’ll put my uniform away
And move to Philadelphia
And spend the rest of my life in bed”