KIWI SONGS
Collected by - NZERS MEF
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ERS 1.
'' l m '&R&MNY SMOKES A HUBBLY,
(Tune: MAfcTIMS and -GAUGHSYS.) ' ..
', ' How, don't you trys'to skite about your Granny3 &
She just sits and croons Sweet Adeline
Though she hasn't time for beer
And she's such a perfect dear ,. ,
You cannot hold a candle up to mine.
Oh! my Granny smokes a hubbly down the Berka
'Hurgle gurglenubble bubble suckj -
Someone must have(taught her
To make bubbles in the'-water .
.And .how to clean the. pipe when it gets stuck; . .
And X know she mixes hashish for a pickup
Jus-!" to clear awaythe bubbly-bubbly blues .
And you'11'-always find her squat tin' .'
On her. ancient wrinkled..... .>. . '
Dragging heavily while Grandpa sucks his.boose :
Ohj my Granny is. a dear old whiterhaired lady
And it hurts to think she.'s turned to sin,
Although she'll never make the bill
7/ith the girls like Tiger Lil . :
It seems she's picked the right way to begin.
And that's the sorry tale I have to tell you
It shows how far a wayward girl can fall., . ' .,
\ She even gave up smoking"Vs
And other joys like these' ',-'
'Cos she likes her hubbly-bubbly best of all
So..that's the bit tor tale I have to tell ycu
No doubt youre'going to think that it's all bosh
But she's sitting there tonight
Outside the old blue light
Going hurgle-gurgie-splutter-splutter-splosh!
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ERS 2.
SA~SEDA BIMT;
(1)(».I came out East to Egypt -. and "could "
'- not hide my -woe,- , -
Until 1 landed in the place called
Ancient Gay Cairo.'
The people are so 'different - they
, , seemed as 'hard as flint
Until one'day my .eyes-alighted on .a
Tittle bint,
Chorus:
"(1J.»,Saeeda Bint, I. love -your charming
[ ' " mariner j. - '
: To 'walk -with you would fill me with
i desire,
Your dainty little Yasmak
v .' Y'-''ur hair so henna-hued,
I Make;- me say to other -"bints, "Muskeen
. mafeesh faloose." ,
L Two eyes afire, they make me stanna
showaya,
J T6 p&llfou dear would be-.my greatest
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I think I'll-'.call you Lenna, 'cause
your eyes say t£ila-heena,,
[ lour'e my little GyppO bint youfcre
... ' Kwais-Kattear;
(2) ,:«, 'Twas simply love, at first sight} we
'stopped and turned to stare,.,-
.just for one another, right in the
t . Opera Square .
I know -quite well- 'twas destiny,
Ird met my fate ai-las^, -
Romance had overtaken' me and now my die
was cast. - - '"- -.:
3horus:
(2).,.Saaeda Bint,, you lovely Eastern , .
charmer, .
You've got ms oil aglow with flaming' love
Your carriage that's so graceful, does
things galore-to me.
You -make'me' think l!m single.dear,
For you sweetheart" I'm free,
I'm simply keen to marry you .bardin,
And I'll, take you home for all the folks
to see, ,
I' want their eyes' to feast on my jewel
of the East.
You'-re the fairest of the fair,,'you're
kwais-kattear,
(3). "Since I joined up in New Zealand and , '
discarded all my mufti . ~ > <
They dressed me up like this for East, ,
just'to have a little shufti.
But still I'm tops to Lenna, she's my own
Mercy Lamb
We've got our lovely love affair and
Everything's tammam,
(Repeat 1 Chorus)
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SRS 3.
"MIDDLE, EAST SWING'S
(1) Now you've heard the music of Benny
Goodman
Tommy Dorsey and stars like :these .
But have you heard of the Kings of Rhythm
Who put'the pep in the Eastern shows- '
(2) He-used to play in the' slums, of Cairo
For all the.kids in the neighbourhood
_ He got them swinging and" they
described him .' ,
As "kwais Kateer" - so. very good'.
(3) All the. shoe-shine hoys and the
grinning wallads
, Stood around with1 their eyes agog
'And swayed their- hips to the rocking
\ . rhythm
', Of'Aly Yousseff the Swinging'Wog..
Chorus . Aiwa/ saeeda, Aiwa, anna muskeen
Aiwa, shufti gharry,',if you've ever
Been to Cairo you know what I mean.
'' .(.
\\) Hot musicians'they gathered round- him
They pounded jive and his fame, increased
They practiced daily and now he's
leading
The hottest band in. the Middle. East,
(5) They held jam sessions in low-down . ,
. ! quarters -
,; At a stamping ground down Maadi way
The low-class ."bints & the pashas'
I daughters
Game into town just'to hear him play,
Chorus
(6) .Mow somewhere out round the
caves of Tura :
There lived a kind of singing
fool ' , '
So magnoon-that his brains were
missing
'Cos he'd never been to a public
school. . 1
(7) But'he could-sing1 on' a glass of
birra-
He had a voice like.a "fod-foo"
bird
The sort of rhythm that drives
you crazy .
Just the best technique that'
v,ou'd ever heard,
Chorus,
(8) Now he joined up with the ' "
swinging Tousseff"
, And thoy worked up numbers that
the band could play
So that when they got in the
groove together
They, stole the. show from Gab {-
Galloway,
Chorus, -
(9) And now'they play in the high-
brow quarters
Their names are made & the whole
1 world raves
For the swizaging wog from the
slums of Cairo
And the singing fool from the
Tura Caves, ,
ygBJ£H&RRT MAN'S fiMfMB,
Tune: Ferry Boat Serenade.
1 I like to ride a gharry ,
"With Tom or Dick or Harry. .
If you want .a mighty, queer sensation,
Take a ride to Babouluki Station,
.' There's another trip to do,
Shufti -the monkeys at the Zoo," ,' „. '
The "best .sights I've ever seen
Are at the School' of Hygiene, ' \
Bucksheesh, .Klifti, Klifti, Buoksheesh,
Klifti Klifti, £ucksheesh, '
That's the Gharry Man's Serenade,
2, tfhen you're, feeling like a Stella,
„ .Tell George to iggri yalla, , -
And when, the cry is^Mafeesh Birra"
% Tell him to, drive you to Gezira,
It's tetter than a motor car, - - '
Singing- Flim-dilly "la-a, '<''.'
- No, next time you want a ride,
Step right up and hop inside,
' Buoksheeshi etc, eto.
3« He'll take you to the Mouskey _
To Shepherds for a whisky, ' '
T.ou will think you're on .your way to heaven9
When you're loaded up with twenty seven,
He'll ask you for ten ackers,
You'll tell him he is crackers,
Kwais. Katere, gib it "bucksheesh,
Ana ma skeen fillouse mai'eesh, .
. Bucksheesh, Klifti, Klifti,' Bucksheesh
Klifti, Klifti, Bucksheesh, '
That's, the Gharry Man's Serenade,.
\ ERS 5.
M .DUG-OUT Iff M&TRTJH.
1,-- I'm a lonely digger here and I'm stationed at Matruh, : .
. I'.ve got Tiiy little dug-cut in the sand
Where the fleas play tag around me as they; circle round at night
1 In my flea bound hug-bound dugout in Matruh.
,Chorus»
Oh the walls' are made of hessian and the windows four by -two'
And the doorway lets the howling sandstorm thru1 . ,
You can. hear pthose blinking Ities as they circle round at night '
In my flea bound bug bound dugout in Matruh,
2, Nov/ I'oft times wish I had a girl to sit. upon niy lcnee
To free me of this pain that I am in.
My God how I would bless her if she'd only sit with me
In my' flea bound bug bound dugout an Matruh (
Chorus.' ;
3, Now the place is strewn all round with bully and meat loaf
Of bread and marmalade there's blinking few
I'm as happy as a clown in this land of heat and sand
In my flea bound bug bound dugout in Matruh,
Chorus. Oh- take me back Ohi take me back
To my flea bound, bug bwand dugcut in the sand
Where you can. hear thosi, blinking Ities as they circle round
'at night
In my fjea bound bug bci-nd dugout in Matruh.
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i GJSE ME A BAR TO. MI AFRICA STAR.
j (Tune': Home on the Range)
j)h give me a bar to my Africa Star,
KncLa clasp to wear on my breast^
|;'ll stay here in base with a'smile
j .on my face,
jpontent on my laurels to rest.
thorusr Star, beautiful.star,
jfc'd rather have birra by far
If you've an acker or two, I'll drink.
Stella with you .
: ?hile I tell you how I won the bar.
-,
j Then I'llsgladly exchange my Afrioa Star
|For a.pint of good Speight's in the Bar
] In my own native land I would get a
big hand
ta I'told how,I.won the start :
Oh give me a bar in KZ afar
pheri'-I'll, show off my Africa Star,
JAM then I'll, confess'before they all '
IV: y.': .„ -_ guess' . ' ,
[That I bought it in the Mousky: Bazaar.
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ERS 6,
JUST A BOOSEY HOTATE.
(Tune: "Lili Mariene")
You can be a sergeant'or a ¥.0.,_
You can stick your pips just where they
ought .to go, '
J ust a boosey private I will be, so fine
and free,-'
Till they agree, promotions overdue,
A general! s 'job. for'you.
Chasing old Tedeski along the Road to
Rome,
The sooner we can lick him the sooner
-' .,we'll 'go home,
r Twenty T-six battalion-will lead the way,
In .every fray-, until that day,
- When we shall say ''-Chin, .chin" from , - .
Radio Berlin
You can have your mountains^ ^raud a&&. -
olive trees,
You can have your vino, senorinas free
All that I ask is. a long brass rail.,
., And Speights always on sale,
That's where I long to be,
It's kiwi land forme.
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PISTOL PACKING HE33TEE. .' / "'
, - (Tune: Pistol Packing- Momma)
I was sitting in my sanga, . . '
i As happy as could "bo 5
Dreaming dreams of happy days '
"back horas beside the sea", N, '
How Jerry-1 had a spandau
upon^the mountain- side , -
He flung some lead
around my head,
Till'l got up and cried...
CHORUS: Lay that Spandau down Jerry,
Lay that Spandau down, _
Fistcl Packing Heinle
Lay that Spandau down;,
Now Jerry kept on shooting, ' \ - i '.',''
His bullet's sprayed the ground/
Till ! got my good old Bran gun out '
And stacked the ammo round", '
The'Spandau bursts jame .cracking,
And how that'gat ceuld crack,
- But my Bren. gun1 s steady bang barig barig
., Soon.put Kim off the track.,', .
NOW' both guns kept on firing . ,
, The battle raged all night ' .
.But in,the early.morning (
V, The Bren' gun's aim was right
The Spandau raised his sights too; high
The Bren 'gun.-gave a roar,
Spandau packing Heinle,
Ain't gonna shoot no moreflv»
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" Hffi_RpAp'. TO OASSINO. (G-undagai)
Theron's a tx^Kk. winding back to that good old iton-.stry
' Along the road to Oassino Town.
Where the olive trees' are growing '
And the Purple Death id flowing
Behind our forwarei lines.
Hitler's screaming Minnies and 88is go by,
Kiwis in their dugouts axe brewing up their-shi,
And'there's a track'winding back to that good old monastry
Along the road to, Oassino Town,
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"- " ' KRS'8.
.TRIESTE. . -\
(Tune: Gay Caballero)
The Div has been very impressed " '
By the "beautiful girls of Triests
1 It is said they're designed . , . -
Superbly streamlined
And rival the .curves of Mae-West,
The boys< of the Div will know best
The charms of the- blondes of Trieste
If its ..feature or figure ,
' That captures the Digger
Or simply the way-they are dressed.
So far they've distinctly progressed
In. storming the hearts of Trieste
The girls make them feel . : . '
That 'their welcome is real
And are always kind to a guest,
The beauteous belles of Trieste
. 'Adorning- this' haven of .rest ." ;-
Are much'more attractive _ , .'
. Seductive and 'active \ '
Than'our catty critics suggest.
There's" an air of romance--in Trieste
That cupid exploits with a zest ._;'
The girls are so charming
It' s really alarming"
; How soldiers succumb to the test.
But maids will.be loved .and-caressed
In Ohristchurch or in Trieste. (
. The Kiwi's no..sop .'.;'
And gets in for his chop
Or even the whole neck and breast.
Some Kiwis no doubt are possessed '
Of. glamorous brides from Trieste ,
Completing, their duty _
By bagging a beauty - .
To "round off their souvenir quest. . ,
. Are New Zealand, damsels distressed .. ' '
If they are? Well it's not manifest ,
For they had .their pranks ' ,
With, the' visiting Tanks
Now. the boys even up in Trieste.
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. ', ' < "I? THE C.\3? ffigfi", (T^^;._.P:U^ol-'?aGki.;ig Momma).'
'Written "by a member of VI ^FAAO is. answer''iio ^I'F/'iLST^l
-, » ' '<''
- You talk-of girls from old T.vioate
, " Of ho?/ they bill arid coo
', You seem to thiiiie 'the ';.orst c£ ys -
' Here"'s what we think of yon, ^~
Now please. don.| t think ive're jealous of
The girl.- from Old- Trieate; «
' These' girls who glamorize ?."ith painty
' 'And goabout half-dressed,
', Just .listen to .this little Jtune.
.'Then'judge us if'you dare., _
,K Or, would'you;like our morals like
The Trieste'girls up.there.
' ' ' . ' "
We don't profess to„ha:^e. their looks3 -
i. Nor have their taking - vays,
You see, my lads3"our'fatherb said.
^hat .virtue' always pays, ' . , r
, 'Perhaps you'd like the girls at home
'Mo walk .around halfrdreased,'.
So they'd reveal their hidden charms
' s Like lasses in TriesteV
1 And maybe .youjd prefer us -if '-'
1 UTe liked to play wish fire'
And loved each one and all of ycu -»«
;( Is that what'you desire'f
s It seems. as "though you'd rather have '
.J 'A Ian a who::! you could share,
v> JLike Trieste" girls,'have other lads
Y The moment. you aint there,' "'.,-
t i < - - ^ ._ .-.;,.
.'''On! First,of al]/.the; Ities - -teyj
' tfsre sampling all--their chams
/-id thc./i. the-..^Jerry's.came along..
'And held them in--their, arms; -
, Oh next came .Kiwis on their list
The Victor's you were then',
i So! - You were met with open arms
. -.The, rest, forgotten men!, . ""
nc::^:rbor e'er ^'rieste' was wori
E?-wo;-yc yov .^torsisd the towi;#
- Thosr. lasses t/;iey toj.:-; snipers there-
Our own. lads deoting .down-a
¥e -v/OE?er .how you'd all react ;
Had Japs and Jerries won.-
- Would admire us if -we met '
Our foes as they have done,
You say that wc won't "amile at you
The way Trioste"girls do
, You blame; us for your own misdeed's
' '- The blame is .'all- on you.' '
You never siiop to think at.all
Of girls who stayed at home _
Who faithfully (;.u:e waitii:g-..still '
' Till you 'come .-"sailing home0 ' ' . .
.1;
\7e thought-Ne"? Zeal and lasses were ''
A credit lads to you3 '.''
But noI You just'condemn us all '
For. things done by a few0
BonVt tol] as we've ourselves, to blame '
- For T7e won1 b" fall for .t'nat
Don't tell 1t^6 because of 1^.'\:^
' You're giving tit.for tat. . . '
'Ypu say '~?:sjiq for officers'
Ar.6. much prefer their pips ' ' , ,
You guilty 'cccs should not throw'stones
In' view cf all; your slips „ - ;
You've only done Just what you."will
Your cm de'sires to quell
Then-wo nder way we treat'you so
And your old line won'-t .sell',j
Perhaps a few have let you down
Then why ccndeiim us all
We ask ourselves "Oh was he pushed - '
Or did he really .fall". '' . .
:Our answer .is to Hell with men : ,
. 'Who fell, in old Trieste
To Hell with Yarikie-irg.tided girls
. And God Bless all the rest,
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SRS 10 '
iv;''.'.'-Arapete-f enesta,
C^Klllanim'affecia a Maria ,
'?:$'. Oasiorigo ramies1 'a via ,
^"/.^jtertrfco P' (,a vede.
.'[,V;'Hui3 Irovd a! ora."'e pace-
is{:±''A. nott'^'a'faccio journo
'-;>'Sempe'"pe sta cca attuorno,'
V-'" Speranno. 'e 6e parlai .
V'A.h,'Maria, Mari! . ^
^1 Quanta suonno ca'perdo paj te!
t,^ Jamm'addurnii _
.;//'Ajjbracciato riu p'oco cu tei
:„\'. -Ah^ Maria,- Mari 1
;'.;'<,.Quanta suonno oa perdo pe'_ tei
;()';.Famra' addurmi ' -. '
:;.'; Oj Marii .
|J:;iDjf.. Marii \ _ ; ' .
j^yttliiies a stu oiardeniello
'.l;'; Nee ride 'a malvarbsa,.
?>;;Nu-lietto .;'e fronn' ' e rose '
$&|;Aggui fatte pe' .te,
:.;'.yiene, c' .'anotte.e dooe,
:( .' 0 ciele -. ctir e hu manto,... -
,i'--'Tu duorme e- i -te canto'_
,. "'a-nonna affianco a tei
:,;' Ah, Maria," Marii etc,
' Pare .ca gia' .£' a'rape
';' Na senga .' e fenestella-
'.. Maria c' 'a -manella
y Nu segno a me ne'faj
Sona, chitarra mial
, Maria s' e scetata,,
Ha scicca serenata ...
Paccimela ssenti.' . .
Ah., Maria, Marii etc
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.:_' . MS 1CU
MAMMA
Mamma^ son tanto- felice
. perche ritorno' da te .
' La mia conzone. to dice
Che il bel giomo per me»:
Mamma, son tanto felice
perche ritorno da te,
RITOEFKLL'O' . ' ' <( .
. Mamma' -.._ '''
Solo per -te, la mia canzone .vola '' ,
Mamma \ .
. Sarai 'con me, tu non saira piu- sola,
Quanto ti.voglio "bene. ""
. Queste. parole d'amore1
che ti sospira' il mio cuore
forse non s'tisdno piu
, . Mamma f .
Ma la'canzone mia piu bella, sei tu,
' Sei,. tu, ,1a vita
, .- e per la vita non ti lascio mai piu. . /
Sento la manb tua, .stanca ...
cerear'i m iei ricc'ioli d'or
Sento e la.oove ti _ manoa
la.ninna nanna d'allor
Oggi la testa tua bianco . - - ' ,
io yoglio stringere al cuor,
, FINALE i
.......... ,''. Mamma
Mai piu.
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.ERS 'M
- _ - . "WON'T YOU TAKE US HOME?".
Tune: I43X Marler©
. . Oh Mr- leaser won't you take us home ;.
Don't you think we've had it now we've beeri to Rome? ,
We've had the sand, sweat and blood,
And lived in snow, rain, and mud, '
So won'-fc you take us home, ,.
--Won't you take us home, - -
-'Oh, Mr Eraser, won't ydu take us home
; We-'ve seen enough and want no "more- to roam, ;. l
: We've- had .the bints, "both'young and old, ' ,..
'-And signorihas leave us cold,
So won f'you 'take us home, " '.
Won't you take us' home,' ;'
Oh, Mr' Eraser, won't you/--bafce us home,' .'.-
We've'-seen enough stink that is. ho buon '- , ' :
' 019. Egypt's beer was- Kwieskateer .'.'" ' . '" ,
But .we don't seem to See it'here, -. \ , .
So' Won't you take us. home, ,'' .
Won'^t you take us home.
.Please Mr Eraser, won't you take us home, f' ' .'''
We've had the.army.and it's getting in bur bones,
' W-j've taken, pills and slept in nets,
/ The mossie's follow us like pets,
So"Won't you.take us home, , .
Won't you take us home, f ' r '.,- ' (
Now Mr Eraser, you had'better take us home,
No. one will know us and'"our speech will not be' known,
, We spea^in Wpg and Itie.slang,
Our "Engleesh -has slipped away back to hang.
. So won't you take us noma ;
Won't you take us home. ' . ,
And Mr.Eraser if youttafce-'us home,
We'll stick you back and put you on the.throne
But if you don't and let us down,
We'll run your gang right out of town,
Xou had better take us homo,
You'd better take us home.
- _;hes-12V
'- NIMTESOAKPS. .
. Tune:' "La Donna E Mobile'
,. Ana Muskeeri' today _ "
-. Poco-mahgiare
Toco sapone
Ndent'e pane
'MpXti'. bambini.
' Molto lavoro.-
Lire finitl ;
: Niente vino " '
'' - Niente grappe.s ''
, Niehte Scarpas
Madonna miaj
- Niente .scarps. .' '.
Scarpst SciarpsJ _
' Niente scarpsV '' ".
Scarpsi Scarpa I""
- Nitrite- scarps,.
.' ': '0 SOLE MJO, ...
. Che beila cosa !na iurnata ' e soley
'N'aria serena doppb 'na tenrpesta' - .
Pel. 11'aria fresca pare gia ' na festa.,
Che. bella cosa 'na iumata ' e sole,,
" Ma n{ atu sole '.
Ohiu bellOj ohi nel ,
(0 sole iri-O , . .
Sta nf front e. atel
Lucene e lla'stre'd' 'a fenesta. tola;' '
. !Na lavannare-cahta. e sene vanta,
E pe tramente torce^ spanne e canta,
Lucene ''e llastre d1 '.a fenesta -tola
Ma n'atu'sole, .etc. "
Quanno fa. notte e 'o. sole- ne scenne,
Mme ve'r.e quaae-^na malinounia; -'
... Sotto 'a'fenesta toia restarria, Ti ..
Quanno fa note 'o sole se ne scenne.
'..' Ma n^attu sole,, etc.'
"SRS 13.
"'/''' - IBA LEI. v . . ;1
;-\ Isa, ..Isa, you are my only -treasure, . " /.'
Must you. leave me so 'lonely. and'.'forsaken,
As the roses will kiss the'sun at- dawning,
. .-' Every moment my-heart fcr you is yearning; v
,;.-'„ CHORUSi -Isa Leij the purple "shadows-fall. ''
< V _ - - ' ?ad the morrow will dawn upon my sorrt
'."- : -1 , Ohl Forget5 not 5, when you are faraway
Precious moments beside'dear Suva Bay'
''.. 'Isa, Isa3 my'heart was filled with pleasure
: From the moment I heard your'tender greeting,'
' --'Mid the- sunshine; we^ spent the /hours together
Now so swiftly those happy hours are fleeting.
. :CH0RU3: ' etc. . / , "' -..'-'. ,
. ....
' O'er the ocean your island'home "is- calling,
Happy cbuntiy .where roses"bloom'in splendour,
. .- Oh, if Ijcould but journey Hhere beside you,>.
' J 'Then for-ever my heart would sing ,iij rapture.
-' CHORUS: -etc. ( r ; x
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; (Fijian) ''
Isa, Isa'j yulagi lasa dina,"
Koran lak6 au.na rarawakina,
A.cava, bekako a mai cakava
- ' 'Na momu lako'au na' sega ni-lasa,
CHORUS i'Jsa Xei, Na noqu rarawa, . ' '
Hi ko "sa na,- vodo e na'" mataka,
. Bau nanuma,nodatau lasa,- .
' Mai Suva na numba tiko'ga
Xanua rogo na nomuni vanua ,
. Kena ca ni levu tu na ua,
Lomaqu veli me'i bau butuka
Tovolea ke balavu na bula.
.'.CHORUS:
Domoni dina na noma yauuyanu,
Kana Kau wale na salusalu,
. 1 Mocelole, bua, na kukuwalu,
. Lagakali,'maba,. na rosi^ damu,
CHORUS: .'
ERS 14. '
X;v- ' A YANKEE IN KITOANP " '
"'""'" ' ,. ' (Tune:' "The'Mountains of Mourne")
.s'.Oh Ifomma this New Zealand is .a wonderful place,
-v.? The Kims are lagging well "back in the race, . -!
.T.'j,They'' ain't' got the ackers, the dollars, felobse,
'^Result,is'"the dames are all Qut on the' loosev .' .-
.->.; . , ' ' \ - '-.- .'-.-.
^ Their technique at necking is poor for a tart,
: ,But after tuition they're soon fit to start, "
'' And as for the husbands and hoys overseas,
..; They soon forget them as we give them a squeeze, .
The highways of .Auckland 'are not paved withTgold,
' '.But the lasses there know of the sport that is old,
:'' The local lads mutter and threaten.io fight,' ' /
.. But -moat under forty are well out, of sight. .
. With a thought for our comfort and. very nice too, ,
.r Peter Fraser has turfed them all out .in the blue,
But' any who .'re over and' able to' ' crawl /
Are' down in th'e Islands equipped with damn 'all.
So -dearest Momma," 'tis happy we be,
To be in this land in the far-Southern Seas,'
The real danger and thats rather small
Is if their Division, the'Kiwis .'recall,
. '' (Tune: "My. Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean")
I was standing on. a.street- corner a wondering what to do,
. When my cobber said "Let'.s join the Army, there's work for'me and
you,"
. So we joined up feeling.'like heroes, to go and fight the enemy,
But we didn't-know we'd soon be fighting mosquitoes and flies in,
Fiji.
Bula, Bula, the girls all say Bula to me, to me,
Bula, Bula, it all sound like Bula to me.
We sit all day on the hillside, with a gun that is too old to go,
Swatting flies and mosquitoes and waiting to welcome the foe.
The dirty big end of the stick is held by the Terries I hear
But my girl friend has got her a scooter and I haven't seen her
.for a year,
Bula, Bula, the'girls all say Bula to'me, to,me,
Bula,'Bula, it all sounds like Bula .to.me, ' '
. . NOTE: "BULA" is a. form of Fijian, greeting. "'
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Ifc:'": THE C.S..R. MP TflB-SUfrA SNOBS.
paji's"'sunny clime, '
IHvere, stationed .for a time,
|\thought tHat/w9"'iwere guarding'
I |tes"'-vt":' /-home'and King,
uV imagine "pur confusion
|en we found to our; delusion .
ii& we 'faced the' stark' conclusion
'e were doing, no ,such thing, '
e'ttere'inarched and marched and
g-j,'^ .,'' marched " '
nile'bur-b-.,',... throats"were "l
u.f. .' ':-: parched ' '
jwd!;'t,hey' slogged us ;round.to. ... ,
k bring "us'up to par.-' ;
SJruthi. you 'should" have heard -,7
|; i our curses 5 , ( .. ' : .
On'discovering we were'nurses,
lb the Sugar .Barons' purses: and
|yj..,-theb'«..#. CS.R.
fEve'ry b».. i town. and"..village,
Roasts' of 'mansions built from.
f .; pillages " '',/'".. ,
jAn&'each lordling owns' the. latest
£,':; "\mbtor car, ,-
ihil'e .their wives are snobbish . '
'S',,"t bitches,- ' : ' \
Li;v:-'^g high on ill-earned rich.es,
Drwm.frbm the blood and sweat of
\-;r\>< wretches j- . -. ,)--
[Toiling for-the CSX ' .'"''"'
i'And .their daughters! Lord I its
' ' painful"
How t'hey "treat us so disdainful,
Gripes i you would think we Tiers
'.beyond the colour bar,
$hile we're here to .save- their bncon.,
And the divvies they are making,
While our homefplks hearts are
breaking,
^e rnust save the C.S,R.
(^une:-Martins &'the Caugheys) - ; - -:-/f.^
Many nights. I've sat-'there thinking. '{'"-
G-awdi had I been born a Lincoln . - % -'
I'd. clear this isle of slavery, from. "' "\:r>
Suva round to BaP . -'-''
For they've never tasted freedon ' '':''
j And' their wages hardly feed 'em,. "
As relentlessly they bleed 'em, N . "/
Do'the flaming O.S.R. --
And they know it's futile squealing,
Or to courts- of Law' appealing, '
For the 'overseer reigns .just like a' J
' ' " ' Czar, ' .
Judges too, like-politicians,
Are possessed of their ambitions, ^'
Just to mouth the cruel-decisions', t
Prompted by the C.S.R1, .
On. the wall, fate's hand writes clearly,-.
RETRIBUTION COSTS, YOU-DEARLY, ' ' ''
'You"are doomed, ;the 'gates of failures /
, ' '; stand.ajar,, ' '
For/the souls' of slaves' 'departed, .;
Over-burdened3 broken hearted,: —
Cursed your lust as they we're-.
martyred4. '
Cursed the b,',. .-»' C.S.R. . t , ,
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(One of the. bitterest of the songs
-composed and-sung by Kiwis, in the' ;
Fiji Islands. . It reflects, somewhat
' bitterly,' the.Kiwi'1 s reactions, to the
vast gulf 'tween the workers
(Indian and Fijian) and the European'
officials of! the- Sugar Company.)
- "'gHs armt irror.. ,- - \ .-. :
('Tune: The Martins and-the-OaiigHey«i
Now gather round, and'listen to ny story
- Of the Army in the days of '4.1 '
' ' While their comrades overseas. ' .
; Fought and killed their enemies . !' -
They jusir waited while the battles
" .were all won - . i
OhJ that 'Army in Fiji were as "brave as
brave could be ,'' ...''
' And they laboured -wiiii their, shovels-
all day long. '. - ,
Then they didn't know that'the savage >
yellow foe
Were advancing many millions strong,
And each day they polished up web
. . and rifles .
. ' A nd they did their drill with great
efficiency , '
Though they had no ammunition
'\They were chock full of ambition ..
As-they waited in their, camp'beside the .
; sea. .
; Ohi- that Army 'in Fiji were "as :brave ',
as .brave could be . ,.
'.- 'As they dug their weapon, pits beside the"se
" ! And though the water filled them - .
- .. Just'.as fast. as. they, could .dig them
".'Twas'a comfort'to the Major and 00 "
. Although their, rifles-were .1914 pattern''
' And their Lewis guris 'had fought in
Waterloo '.-'. '
. Though their rounds we're' mostly misfires
.'. And the Air-Force had no Spitfires
They were out to'-show "the World what .
; they could/do. -
' Ohl That Army in Fiji Were-as brave"™'""
; v as brave-could be
' And at, last the bugle blew the alarm -
The Japs they heard we're coming
And it sent the lines a humming
;.Wlth the Army Here the Japs .could'
. ... do no harm. ""
The officers-they had to have a
"meeting ' . \ .
.Decided things;were as bad as bad
could be
.. To New Zealand they sent a cable i
Send as soon, as'you are able
Ammunition, for the, Army in. Fiji.
Ohl That army in Fiji were as brave
as brave could be
But alas that Army is no more
For the big Ne^ -Zealand 'deadheads
Sent a load of blinking leadheads '
As. they heard the Amy used them
," . once'"before,. r
And now the Arnty like the ' song is \
ended
But their name will live in memory
>'& -Of "a-brilliant-indication
Of a lack of preparation
That 'is the by-word of the. New
Zealand infantry. -r
'- " ' ^ DEFEMPIHG. THE C.S.R, . . ' ' ; V - '. -
- We are Peter-Frasers', soldiers, '
. New Zealand'.~s.Infantry .. _' ,.' . ""
We'd1 fight for King and country
'But the'y sent, us .to„Fiji. " '. ' ' '.
There's fighting "oh in Egypt- ' "-
.It'a,safer here by.far-. '
' To Hell with King .and country . ' ' .''
' -We'll defend the C.S\R. \ '' ";'"'''... .
There's fl'ies and ants, and' trades '..he re
And bugs, that bite by night,
-., - You'wouldn't..:think to see "lis. now"
That we,(d joined up to'.-fight.,: ''' /
'.The worker .st'arids .behind us"' ' ', " '' -. '
And buys his'beer in'a'jar :
^With 'the money he is making
While we keep the G.S.R, \
We're .ji6t"muoh-good with rifles .
''- We've -never fired':&. shot
But as for pick and shovels
We've/.used them quite a lot
And though our ammunition
' Is not quite up to par
We've lots^and lots- of leadheads'
to keep the G.S.E. . '
, So while the war is paging '
We'll sit here safe and sound
. So the mill wheels of Lautoka
- Will keep on turning round".
And when this war is over
In every hotel bar
You'll hear us tell the story
Of how.we saved the C,S.R,
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' ''' ERS 18.'
"EARLY aigJTOvm^^
' -(or "Weeping^ <£ Wailing") " - ' ' /' ' '
1,- Early one morning , as daylight was dawning,'
; I!wentN for, a stroll by the river alone; ' '
1 -I. met -an old man'.who was weeping- and. wailing .' .
And rocking a cradle 'that was not his rawn.
Chorus: Singing "Ay-de-lo boy, dear.baby lie easy;
, . | -, Your own daddy will' never be known. ,-,' (
"' For it' s weeping' and wailing' and rocking the cradle
",0f somebody's baby that as not your own".. . -
2. When first. I married your, innocent mother''.". . '''
';.'". I thought in.my heart she would make me'-a1 wife,"
' : - "' But once .she had.hqoked me. and got -me to "marry her
She turned "out the curse .arid the. plague of my life,
- '-. ' ' (Ohorus)' ' rl . ,
3. put 'every night to a ball or aj party '' ,
.-' . She^left me at home with'the baby alone,
While .dancing and flirting and spending my money .. '
.Is it any wonder I weep and I moan? . !
" .. ' (Chorus) " ' v .'.-.
k-i' Now all'you young fellows; who one. day may marry,
Just' take my.advice' £x,d leave women alone, . '
For-, by the Lord Harry, the woman you marry
.Will bring you a baby.' aid 'swear'-lt/s your own. '
<' ',',''' . -(Chorus)- .-
™.merest miim 6f-mxt- /;",
' Around 'her hair she wore a yellow ribbon ' . ' '
She wore it in December and- the 'merry month of May Hi - Hi'
' And when I asked her wby_ the Hell she- wore it
She wore it for' her lover -who is far .far away. /' / ''
Chorus.-
,, . /
Far Away,/ far away, '.''.' ' \ ; ' ' '
Par away 3 far1 away .'''. ' . ,'
She wore it. fair-'her lover who is far far away.- . .
And in the drawer she keeps her old, love letters .. _ " '
She. keeps, them in December,and the jnerry month of-May Hi - Hi '
And when- I asked her why the Hell .she keops them
> She keeps' them .for her lover who is far far array.
. ." Chorus. ' ., V '
Around the park she daily .wheeled a push .chair
..She wheeled it. In-December and the- merry month of May H;1:1- Hi
"And when'I asked her why'the. Hell she pushed'it
.. She1 pushed .it for her lover who is, -far far away, ' - ' ;
,., ' " '' . .. '. Chorus;.'
f . Behind the door her old man, keeps a' shot' gun/ '_.'
. He keeps, it. in December and the merry month of May, Hi.- Hi-
' 1 And when, I asked him wfty the Hell he keeps it
He keeps it for her lover who is far far away;' ,'
; ' ' Chorus. ^ ', '" '
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"EHS 20/"
-'', r ; '.oiiE-',9'7 '' '_<. . :;-'." -.-'
"\, ' < ' - . ' '?','
Ohj They/gave him his orders' '''-,-.
-In ole West Virginia1
Saying Steve you're way "behind time
For'it's not. 38 "but old 97 ' ';.' .."'.
You must get her\to Central on time.'
" So He turned around 'to his odai greasy
. '; " /fireman."' -' v>:;",.,-",
Saying shovel on-a little more."coal..
And/when we get ..;;'- ,'. .'""/',.''.'';-:
So "those wide,;ppen:'spaces'',' , ;.-;',/' vV\>.-V.'
. TpU'will .see.'old'97 roll; '',':'/u '<>_'..' ''.; ;i: /
tt'.s. a mighty :rough','track froin''-,/V,::'..''V
.J£ttsbtirgh'-to;_'Chathain .'";/';V ''',;." , ; J.'.--':;
...It's on a'three'cne. grade /
, It .was'on' this'track that he ' ;- /' ' '
. Lost his "air. brake :'.;.'. '., . ''". '''
Yoti should;see the .pole jump he made,
H.e "was going down the: track.
, Making-L90 miles per hour;
When hisywhistle broke into a scream
'<ffhob.>-Wiioo
-'.He was ".found -in"the""wreck with
. His; hand on the throttle t
He^was'-s.calde'd to death by the steam.
Now-all you young maidens
'_: Take 'heed of this warning ,
I?or>-this day and for more
,':D6'nbt; speak harsh'-words
\ To.-your .kind lo.vi'ng husband '
: dr.--he'if .-leave you and neYer re-fcurnt ' -
' Whoo,- Whoo. . , . O 1
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''',''..'- '
-' ' '
Samtb was'.a.'la'kjrr'coonp ' .'
'"He 'never .wdrksd,in.the 'afternoon, '. ''- ' -
''3?00,blooming lazy v;as' he,
."Too glooming, la^; was-'he,
/Out''into'the woods.he'd creep,.
';'There/ta'?have^:a"blo6ming gdod sleep
; ;'.v , tinder.- 'a:jtree,j :'' .-'.,.
^ When albng pame'';a D'eei,'making-this.
^':'';\-':noisej;'^';;,,;';.^:'' .. .- ' ' »
I Bu2Z'rr--Buzz<.-V.Buzs'.- Buaz-- Buzz
.'- v ''-'Go. away-you'.bximble bee - , ' ',"'-'
;Y:.'. I ain'.t no '.rose ; . .
;.-.''-.v--'".,'I -ain't'no prairie' flower x ' ' .. . '
:"' jjet off 'ri'^r_blooming 'nose,' . '_
', ' ;^G-et off1'my nasal "organ, v ..
"' ' You canrt .stay/ there . ' ' , '
'If you'want, some'fuiij. I .won't be stung '. .
And 'you' 11 get, no honey there.-.
.
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FAThJPJ.S GRAVE
.(Tune: VThe-pfitish Working-man"\
They'ire. digging up father !.s grave to
make a sewer, i ,
'They're digging'it u£ regardless of
expense,
They're shifting_his'remains, just to
< put in six-'ioch drains ,
To , carry away the slops from residents
,Now father fre never was"-a ^quitter 's )
'"I dOn1"b suppose he'11-be a quitter now t
And up and do^n -hose streets he^ll
,' ,haunt those bathroom seats,
Arid never, let - the ^blighters bath in
peaceo
Now won't there-br som£ real consternation
Won't those cpc-lxurJ. toffs just'rant
' ard rivi", -'/,'' ^ »
They'll get vJaat thr'y desjerve, for
» t having the ruddy ner\re t '
To muck' about iT/ibh a",British workman's '.
(grt.vo'i ".;'>'''
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