Written around a Fort Niagra Fragment
by Robert Lloyd, Army Song Leader
Publication: 1918 Leo Feist, Inc., New York
MIDI file courtesy Benjamin Tubb.
Verse1:
We come from ev�ry quarter,
From North, South, East and West,
To clear the way to freedom
For the land we love the best.
We�ve left our occupations
and home, so far and dear,
But when the going�s rather rough,
We raise this song in cheer:
CHORUS [sung twice after each verse]
Good morning, Mister Zip-Zip-Zip,
With your hair cut just as short as mine,
Good morning, Mister Zip-Zip-Zip,
You�re surely looking fine!
Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust,
If the Cam-ls don�t get you,
The Fatimas must,
Good morning, Mister Zip-Zip-Zip,
With your hair cut just as short as,
your hair cut just as short as,
your hair cut just as short as mine.
Verse 2:
You see them on the high-way,
You meet them down the pike,
In olive drab and khaki
Are soldiers on the hike;
And as the column passes,
The word goes down the line,
Good morning, Mister Zip-Zip-Zip,
You�re surely looking fine.
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