discharge song
discharge song
oh give me a home awhere no army can roam, where no brasshats or provos can stay;
 where there's no dress parades, and no more air raids, and noadjutants to forfeit your pay.
oh give me some land, where I know I can stand;
 where I won't be annoyed by those stripes;
 no more waiting in queues where they fill me with stews;
 and rice puddings that give me the gripes.
now i've found that home, where no army's can roam;
 bully beef is a thing of the past! though the atmosphere's hot, in the place that i've got, I'm out of the army at last!
show me a home, where the buffalo roam, and I'll show you a dirty house!
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i have thissong in my note book of transcribed songs as from hugh anderson of ascotvale, vic, a wwii vet.
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 since I haven't done a field trip to vic yet, this must be one of the songs collected by brad tate in the 70' s.
 I remember a slightly different version of this song being sung in vietnam, with the addition of the last 2 lines at the end, sometimes spoken, sometimes sung.
 since there weren't many wwii veterans in the service with me, it must have also been sung in korea, and passed on by those vets