Oh, They're Makin' Me All Over In The Army

Performed by Dick Robertson
Recorded November 28, 1940
Written by Ira Schuster, Paul Cunningham and Leonard Whitcup

Six o'clock, that's when the bugle blows
six o'clock, that's when we're on our toes
Six o'clock, and I don't mean PM
We drill and drill and drill and drill
and then we drill again

Oh, they're makin' me all over in the army
That's what Johnny writes home every night
Those ten-mile daily marches
have fixed my fallen arches
I'm feelin' well and sleepin' well
and what an appetite

Oh, they're makin' me all over in the army
They're doin' a job and boy they're doin' it right
The sergeant told the captain and the captain ran ahead
To tell the major general, and what do you think he said?
Oh, they're makin' me all over in the army
Makin' me all over, overnight

Oh, they're makin' me all over in the army
Johnny writes that he's a different guy
I'm wearing Khaki britches
And how I dig those ditches
I'm in the pink, the girlies wink when I go marching by

Oh, they're makin' me all over in the army
They're doin' a job and boy they're doin' it right
My sweetheart came to see me and we started in to kiss
She started in to tremble and I said to myself, "what's this?"

Oh, they're makin' me all over in the army
They're doin' a job and boy they're doin' it right

Oh, they're makin' me all over in the army
Makin' me all over, overnight

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