Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Joe Newman
Performer
Tommy Flanagan
Performer
Wendell Marshall
Performer
Bill English
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
George Gershwin
Composer
Ira Gershwin
Lyrics
Lyrics
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
Let the drums roll out (Boom-boom-boom)
Let the trumpet call (Ta-ta-ra-ta-ta-ta-ta)
While the people shout (Hooray!)
"Strike up the band"
Hear the cymbals ring (Tszing-tszing-tszing)
Calling one and all (Ta-ta-ra-ta-ta-ta-ta)
To the martial swing (Left, right)
Strike up the band
There is work to be done, to be done
There's a war to be won, to be won
Come you son of a son of a gun
Take your stand
Fall in line, yea bo
Come along, let's go
Hey, leader, strike up the band!
Let the drums roll out
Let the trumpet call
While the people shout
"Strike up the band"
Hear the cymbals ring
Calling 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 you son of a son of a gun
Take your stand
Fall in line, yea bo
Come along, let's go
Hey, leader, strike up the band!
Written by: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
