Tom Lehrer - It makes a fellow proud to be a soldier

The ^Gheart of every man in our plat^Coon must swell with ^Gpride For the nation's youth, the cream of which is ^Cmarching at his ^Dside For the ^Gfascinating rules and regu^Clations that we ^Gshare And the quaint and curious ^Ccostumes that we're ^Dcalled upon to ^Gwear

Now Al joined up to do his part ^Cdefending you and ^Gme He wants to fight and ^Cbleed and kill and d^Gie for libert^Dy With the ^Ahell of war he's ^Bcome to grips Po^Clicing up the ^Dfilter tips It ^Gmakes a fellow ^Cproud to be a ^Dsol^Gdier!

When Pete was only in the seventh ^Cgrade, he stabbed a ^Gcop He's real R.A. ma^Cterial, and ^Ghe was glad to ^Dswap His ^Aswitchblade and his ^Bold zip gun For a ^Cbayonet and a ^Dnew M-1 It ^Gmakes a fellow ^Cproud to be a ^Dsol^Gdier!

After Johnny got through ^Cbasic training, ^Dhe Was a ^Gsoldier through and ^Cthrough when he was ^Ddone Its eff^Aects were so well ^Brooted That the ^Cnext day he sa^D7luted A Good ^GHumour man, an ^Cusher, and a ^Gnun

Now, Fred's an intellectual, brings a ^Cbook to every ^Gmeal He likes the deep phi^Closophers, like ^GNorman Vincent ^DPeale He ^Athinks the army's ^Bjust the thing Be^Ccause he finds it "^Dbroadening" It ^Gmakes a fellow ^Cproud to be a ^Dsold^Gier!

Now, Ed flunked out of second grade, and ^Cnever finished ^Gschool He doesn't know a ^Cshelter half ^Gfrom an entrenching ^Dtool But, he's ^Agoing to be a ^Bbig success He ^Cheads his class at ^DOCS It ^Gmakes a fellow ^Cproud to be a ^Dsol^Gdier!

Our old mess sergeant's taste buds had been ^Cshot off in the ^Gwar But his savoury col^Clations add to ^Gour esprit de ^Dcorps To ^Athink of all the ^Bmarvellous ways They're ^Cusing plastics ^Dnowadays It ^Gmakes a fellow ^Cproud to be a ^Dsol^Gdier!

Our lieutenant is the ^Cup-and-coming ^Dtype Played with ^Gsoldiers as a ^Cboy, you just can ^Dbet It is ^Awritten in the ^Bstars He will ^Cget his captain's ^D7bars But he ^Ghasn't got eno^Cugh ^Dbox ^Gtops yet

Our captain has a handicap to ^Ccope with, sad to ^Gtell He's from Georgia, and he ^Cdoesn't speak the ^Glanguage very ^Dwell He ^Aused to be, so ^Brumour has The ^CDean of Men at ^DAlcatraz It ^Gmakes a fellow ^Cproud to be What ^Gas a kid I ^Cvowed to be What ^Gluck to be ^Dallowed to be A ^Gso^Coo^Dldier (At ^Gease!)