Song Description

AN IRONIC LOOK AT OUR PENCHANT FOR MAKING WAR.

Lyrics

THE WARTIME POLKA

(VERSE)
I JUST LOVE A POLKA
DO YOU JUST LOVE A POLKA?
IY SEEMS TO BE BOTH DANCE AND MARCH
ROLLED UP IN ONE.
AND NOW WIHT WAR IMPENDING,
THE POLKA IS A PERFECT BLENDING
OF THE NABY THINGS THAT MAKE FOR WARTIME FUN.

(CHORUS)
IT'S TIME TO DO THE WARTIME POLKA ONCE AGAIN,
TIME FOR DRUMS TO BEAT AND FLAGS TO FLY.
IT'S TIME TO WATCH PARADES OF BEAUTIFUL YOUNG MEN.
WHAT A SHAME THAT LOTS OF THEM MUST DIE...DIE...DIE.

AND NOW THE FACTORIES HUM THAT POLKA MELODY.
JOBS FOR ALL AND OVERTIME WILL START.
I TELL YOU, ECONOMICALLY, IT'S A THRILLING SIGHT TO SEE
IT'S A TIME THAT ALWAYS WARMS A MERCHANT'S HEART.
N OW EVERYBODY'S MAKING HAY.
ELDORADO'S HERE TO STAY
TILL THE BOMBS BLOW EVERYONE APART.

IT'S JUST AN INTERNATIONAL FEELING
THAT COMES ASTEALING AROUND NOW AND THEN.
IT'S JUST THAT GRAND AND GLORIOUS,
WE'LL BE VICTORIOUS,
ARE YOU AGAINST US, OR EUPHORIOUS,
GAY AND UPROARIOUS, EXPURGATORIOUS,
WARTIME POLKA AGAIN.

THE WARETIME POLKA IS THE MUSIC OF ROMANCE.
GET YOUR MAN AND TAKE HIM HOME TO BED,
THEN GIVE HIM ALL YOUR LOVE AND WARMTH WHILE THERE'S A CHANCE.
WHEN YOU SEE HNIM NEXT HE M AY BE COLD...AND...DEAD.

THE WARTIME POLKA IS A PATRIOTIC SONG.
NOT TO SING ALONG WOULD BE A SHAM E.
WITH MEDALS FOR THE HERO'S CHEST
AND CITATIONS FOR THE REST,
COME ON , FIGHT YOU SOLDIERS,
LET'S ALL PLAY THE GAME
I THJINK THAT GOD M UST TURN HIS FACE
NOT TO WATCH THE HUMAN RACE
BURIED 'NEATH THE DUST FROM WHENCE IT CAME.

copyright Robert Arthur ASCAP