War Time Blues
Performed by Jazz Gillum
Recorded December 5, 1941
Written by Peter Cleighton
[Note: the lyrics are the
same as Peter Cleighton's "'41 Blues")
War is raging in Europe on the water, land,
and in the air
War is raging in Europe on the water, land,
and in the air
If Uncle Sammy don't be careful, we'll all
soon end up right back over there
Radios and newspapers, they all force me to
believe
The Radios and newspapers, they all make me
believe
Yeah, Hitler, Mussolini, they must have a
snatchin' disease
Ain't gonna be no peace in Europe, 'till we
cut off Hitler's head
Ain't gonna be no peace in Europe, 'till we
chop off Hitler's head
Mussolini have heart failure, when he hear
Stalin is dead
I hope Hitler catch consumption*, I mean the
galloping kind
Yes, I hope Hitler catch consumption*, I mean
the galloping kind
Stalin catch leprosy, Mussolini lose his mind
This whole war would soon be over, if Uncle
Sam would use my plan
This whole war would soon be over, if Uncle
Sam would use my plan
Let me sneak in Hitler's bedroom with my razor
in my hand
*tuberculosis, the kind that progresses rapidly
toward death
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