No.8

GET UP, JIMMY NEWMAN 

Tom Paxton b.1937

Get up, Jimmy Newman, the morning is come

 The engines are rumbling, the coffees all brewed

Get up Jimmy Newman, there's work to be done

And why do you lie there still sleeping

There's a waiting line forming to use the latrine,

And the sun is just opening the sky

The breakfast they're serving just has to be seen

And you've only to open your eyes.

Get up Jimmy Newman my radio's on

The news is all bad but it's good for a laugh,

The tent flap is loose and the peg must be gone,

Why do you lie there still sleeping,

The night nurse is gone and the sexy one's here

And she tells us such beautiful lies,

Her uniform's tight on her marvellous rear

And you've only to open your eyes.

Get up Jimmy Newman you're missing the fun,

We're loading the plane Jim, it's time to go home,

It's over for us there's no more to be done

And why do you lie there still sleeping,

It's stateside for us Jim, the folks may not know,

We'll let it be such a surprise,

They're loading us next Jim we're ready to go

And you've only to open your eyes.

Get up Jimmy Newman they won't take my word,

I said you sleep hard but they're shaking their heads,

Get up Jimmy Newman and show them you heard,

Jimmy just show them you're sleeping,

A joke is a joke but there's nothing to gain,

Jim I'd slap you but I'm too weak to rise,

Get up damn it Jimmy you're missing the plane,

And you've only to open your eyes.

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