I can't get 'em up, I can't get 'em up, I can't
get 'em up in the morning;
I can't get 'em up, I can't get 'em up, I can't
get 'em up at all;
Corp'rals worse than the privates;
Sergeants worse than the corporals;
Lieutenants worse than the sergeants,
And the capt'n's the worst of all.
Chorus—
I can't get 'em up, I can't get 'em up, etc.
MESS CALL:
Soup-y, soup-y soup,
Without a single bean.
Pork-y, pork-y, pork,
Without a streak of lean;
Coffee, Coffee, Coffee,
Without any cream!
(Or, the weakest ever seen!)
SICK CALL:
Come and get your quinine, come and get your pills,
Oh! come and get your quinine, come and get your pills.
STABLE CALL:
Come all who are able and go to the stable,
And water your horses and give 'em some corn;
For if you don't do it, the Col'nel will know it,
And then you will rue it, sure as you're born.