Any Bonds Today?

Performed by Barry Wood
Recorded c. October 1945
Written by Irving Berlin (with new victory lyrics)

This is Barry Wood. When the war first started, Irving Berlin was asked by the United States Treasury to write a song to help the sale of war savings bonds. Well I had the privilege of introducing that particular tune, which you all remember as, "Any Bonds Today?" Well now that the war is won, Irving has written new lyrics which tell you better than I could why you should buy victory bonds. With Mark Warnow to guide us musically, and your's truly on the lyric, here it the story of...

The tall man with the a high hat
And the whiskers on his chin
Will soon be knockin' at your door
And you better be in
The tall man with the a high hat
Will be comin' down your way
Get your savings out
When you hear him shout
Any bonds today?

Any bonds today?
You remember when first we shouted
Any bonds today?
Four years have gone since then
Now we are back again
Asking you to buy a share of freedom today

Any bonds today?
Much has happened since first we cried
Any bonds today?
Our job is almost done
But we'd have never won
If you hadn't bought a share of freedom that day

We started slow
But through Anzio
We licked Mussolini
With two more to go
We crossed the sea
And from Normandy
We marched into Berlin
And licked Germany
The Japs they were tough
But not tough enough
They soon hollered quits, and how
But there's more to do
Both for me and for you
America mustn't stop now

Any bonds today?
All those millions who'll be civilians
Are on their way
We mustn't let them down
They'll soon be back in town
Asking, have you bought that share of freedom today?

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