Well Mac, you sang another for me a while back called "Stung Right".
Tell me something about it, will you? Who wrote it, do you know?
Yeah, that was Joe Hill, too. I think that dates from
about 1910, that was the year the United States sent the big fleet
around the world on a sort of a goodwill tour.
And how does the song go?
While I was walking 'round the town to find a job one day
I saw a sign a thousand men were wanted right away
To take a trip around the world on Uncle Sammy's fleet
I signed my name a dozen times upon a great big sheet
Stung right, stung right, S-T-U-N-G
Stung right, stung right, easy mark, that's me
When my hitch is over and again I'm free
There'll be no more trips around the world for me
They told me that the U.S. fleet, it is no place for slaves
The only thing you have to do is stand and watch the waves
But in the morn at 5 o'clock they woke me from my snooze
To scrub the decks and polish brass and shine the captain's shoes
Stung right, stung right, S-T-U-N-G
Stung right, stung right, easy mark, that's me
When my hitch is over and again I'm free
There'll be no more trips around the world for me
One day the captain says, "Today I'll show you something nice
All hands line up, we'll go ashore and have some exercise"
They made us run for half a mile as fast as we could run
And with a pack upon our back that weighed a half a ton
Stung right, stung right, S-T-U-N-G
Stung right, stung right, easy mark, that's me
When my hitch is over and again I'm free
There'll be no more trips around the world for me
Some time ago when Uncle Sammy had a war with Spain
Many of the boys in blue were in the battle slain
Not all of them were killed by bullets, not by any means
The biggest part that died were killed by Armour's Pork and Beans
Stung right, stung right, S-T-U-N-G
Stung right, stung right, easy mark, that's me
When my hitch is over and again I'm free
There'll be no more trips around the world for me