Around the cafes in France,

(The words grow worse

With every verse),

I don’t dare take a chance.

Oh, I long to see the captain in the grave yard,

With the quartermaster sergeant by his side,

And the non-commissioned officers in the tool house

While the privates in the mess hall running wild;

The non-commissioned officers are a bunch of dirty sticks,

They take us to the drill field and they teach us dirty tricks.