Win The War Blues

Performed by Sonny Boy Williamson
Recorded December 14, 1944
Written by Sonny Boy Williamson

Uncle Sam is gonna give me a thunderbolt
He want me to fly a-way up above the cloud
Uncle Sam is gonna give me a thunderbolt
He wants me to fly a-way up above the cloud
He wants to drop a bomb on the Japanese
I really got to make my baby proud

I wants a machine gun
And I wants to be hid out in the wood
I wants a machine gun
And I wants to be hid out in the wood
I wants to show old man Hitler
That Sonny Boy don't mean him no good

I wants to drop a bomb
And set the Japanese city on fire
I wants to drop a bomb
And set the Japanese city on fire
Now because they are so rotten
That I'd just love to see them die

'Well alright!'

I've got the victory blues
Because I know I have got to go
I've got the victory blues
Because I know I have got to go
Now to keep the dirty Japanese
From slippin' in through my baby's back door.

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