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Cannon Song Lyrics by Raul Julia, The Threepenny Opera Ensemble (1976)

The Threepenny Opera

1976

[MACHEATH]
John was all present and Jim was all there
[TIGER BROWN]
And Georgie was up for promotion
[MACHEATH]
Not that the Army gave a bugger who they were
[TIGER BROWN]
When confronting some heathen commotion
[MACHEATH & TIGER BROWN]
The troops live under
The cannon's thunder
From Sind to Cooch Behar
[TIGER BROWN]
Moving from place to place
[MACHEATH & TIGER BROWN]
When they come face to face
[TIGER BROWN]
With a different breed of fellow
[MACHEATH]
Whose skins are black or yellow
[MACHEATH & TIGER BROWN]
They quick as winking chop them into beefsteak tartar!
[MACHEATH]
Johnny found his whisky too warm
[TIGER BROWN]
And Jimmy found the weather too balmy
[MACHEATH]
But Georgie took them both by the arm
[TIGER BROWN]
And said, "Don't ever disappoint the army!"
[MACHEATH & TIGER BROWN]
The troops live under
The cannon's thunder
From Sind to Cooch Behar
[TIGER BROWN]
Moving from place to place
[MACHEATH & TIGER BROWN]
When they come face to face
[TIGER BROWN]
With a different breed of fellow
[MACHEATH]
Whose skins are black or yellow
[MACHEATH & TIGER BROWN]
They quick as winking chop them into beefsteak tartar!
[MACHEATH]
John is a write-off and Jimmy is dead
[TIGER BROWN]
And Georgie was shot for looting
[MACHEATH]
But young men's blood goes on being red
[TIGER BROWN]
And the army still goes on ahead recruiting
[MACHEATH & TIGER BROWN]
The troops live under
The cannon's thunder
From Sind to Cooch Behar
[TIGER BROWN]
Moving from place to place
[MACHEATH]
When they come face to face
[TIGER BROWN]
With a different breed of fellow
[MACHEATH]
Whose skins are black or yellow
[MACHEATH & TIGER BROWN]
They quick as winking chop them into beefsteak tartar!
Credits
Raul Julia

Raul Julia

The Threepenny Opera Ensemble (1976)

The Threepenny Opera Ensemble (1976)

About “Cannon Song” by Raul Julia

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"Cannon Song" appears on "The Threepenny Opera" in 1976.

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