[sf-lug] SF-LUG meets Sunday 6 October 2019

[Rick Moen]

Quoting John (jstrazza at yahoo.com):

> I’ll be there!  Strike up the band!


  (Verse)
  We fought in 1917
  Rum ta ta tum tum tum
  And drove the tyrant from the scene
  Rum ta ta tum tum tum

  We're in a bigger, better war
  For your patriotic pastime
  We don't know what we're fighting for
  But we didn't know the last time

  So load the cannon! Draw the blade!
  Rum ta ta tum tum tum
  Come on and join the big parade
  Rum ta ta tum tum
  Rum ta ta tum tum
  Rum ta ta tum tum tum

  (Chorus 1)
  Let the drums roll out
  Let the trumpet call
  While the people shout
  "Strike up the band"

  Hear the cymbals ring
  Callin' one and all
  To the martial swing
  Strike up the band

  There is work to be done, to be done
  There's a war to be won, to be won
  Come on you son of a son, of a gun
  Take your stand

  Fall in line, yea a bow
  Come along, let's go
  Hey, Leader, strike up the band

Lyrics from 'Strike Up the Band' by George Gershwin, 1927 --
a satirical song about jingoistic wartime sentiment, set to
a wonderfully catchy Gershwin tune:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRSfl4VXUmQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDRXpSPFeY4