I Don't Want to Join the Army

X:5927
T:I Don't Want to Join the Army
S:Digital Tradition, joinarmy
Z:dt:joinarmy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=100
W:I don't want to join the army
W:I don't want to go to war.
W:I would rather hang around
W:Picadilly's underground
W:A'livin off the earnings of a 'igh born lady
W:
W:I don't want a bullet in me backside,
W:I don't want me buttocks (or arsehole) shot away.
W:I would rather stay in Lunnon,
W:Jolly, jolly Lunnon
W:And fornicate me bloomin' life away, Gor Blimey
W:
W:Call out the Army and the Navy
W:Call out the rank and file.
W:Call out the brave Territorials
W:They face danger with a smile!
W:Call out the King's Militia
W:They kept England free!
W:Call out me brother
W:Me father or me mother
W:But for Gawd's sake don't call me.
K:C
G3 G2-A|G2F E2F|G3 c3-|c6|\
c3- c2d|c2B A2c|G6-|G3 d2e|
f2A A2A|A3 f2f|e2G G2G|G6|\
d2^c d2e|d2c B2A|B3 c3|^c3 d3|
G2^F G2A|G2F E2F|G3 c3-|c6|\
c2B c2d|c2d c2d|e6-|e3 e2e|
f2A A2A|AA2- A3|e2^d e2=d|c2G3e|\
d2e d2c|B2A B2c|d3 B3|A3 ^G3|
G3 G2A|G2F E2F|G3 c3-|c6|\
c3 c2d|c3 A3|G6-|G6|
A2c3d|c3 B2A|G3 e3|B3 c3|\
d3 A3|B3 c3|d6-|d4z2|
G3 G2A|G2-F E2-F|G3 c3-|c6|\
c3 B3|c3 d3|e6-|e6|
f3 f2e|fA4f|e2^d e2d|eG2 ^F2G|\
A3 c3|c3 B3|c6-|c4z2||

Alternative sources for this tune:

• www.atrilcoral.com/Partituras_ABC/i-j.zip/i-j/0014
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/home.quicknet.nl/england/2760
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/kirby98.fsnet.co.uk/i_/I_Dont_Want_to_Join_the_Army_1/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/konzertina.org/I_Dont_Want_to_Join_the_Army/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/melodeon.net/melnets_big_abc_file/05927