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1990 studio cast of strike up the band - finaletto act i (1930) lyrics

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[jim]
stop! what is this mischief you’re doing?
stop! reflect, consider and pause
can’t you see this trouble you’re brewing
won’t be in a worthy cause?

[fletcher & sloane]
be careful of a trick
he’s just a bolshevik

[ensemble]
we will fight for all we hold dear, sir!

[jim]
but i say this war is a fake

[fletcher]
why the h+ll must you interfere, sir?

[ensemble]
fletcher’s reputation is at stake

[jim]
fellow countrymen, lend me your ears for a minute

[men]
if you have anything important to say, better begin it
[jim]
folks, i was born
down on a farm
there ‘midst the corn
far from all harm
i learned about
cows and their ilk
so my friends, i know milk

[ensemble]
he knows milk

[jim]
some men are butchers
some men are bakers
some specialize as
candlestick makers
some, cloaks and suits
some men know silk
i, my friends, i know milk

[ensemble]
he knows milk
you may know milk, but tell us more
what the devil has that got to do with war?
what the devil has that got to do with war?
[jim]
i’d go to war
for chocolate i could trust
but never for
a cause so unjust
for i’m afraid
listen to me
this chocolate’s made
fletcher’s chocolate’s made
of milk—grade b

[ensemble]
not a?

[jim]
no, b

[ensemble]
not a?

[jim]
no, b
oh, my friends, i know milk!

[ensemble]
he still knows milk
[fletcher, sloane & holmes]
no, no! nay, nay!
we’re here to say
it is grade a
we always use the best ingredients

[jim]
here today
you hear me say
it’s not grade a
you’re using grade b for expedience

[ensemble]
he says they do not use the best ingredients
but that they’re using grade b for expedience
and fletcher told us that when he began it, he
was making chocolate to help humanity
he says they do not use the best ingredients
but that they’re using grade b for expedience
and fletcher told us that when he began it, he
was making chocolate to help humanity

maybe he is telling us the truth!
maybe he is telling us the truth!

[joan]
jim, how could you do such a thing?
oh, jim, unworthy of you, such a thing
just look at my father and see
he’d never use grade b

[jim & joan]
joan, i had to do such a thing (jim, how could you do such a thing?)
oh, joan (oh, jim)
the moment i knew such a thing (unworthy of you, such a thing)
my conscience and i both agree (just look at my father and see)
the milk is still grade b (he’d never use grade b)

[fletcher]
to me the whole thing simply is ridiculous
my honor has been struck an awful blow
the populace know i am too meticulous
i’d never stoop to do a thing so low

[ensemble]
he’d never stoop to do a thing so low
he’d never stoop to do a thing so low
and you’re a dirty so+and+so+and+so

[fletcher]
a very dirty so+and+so+and+so

[ensemble]
while he is a typical self+made american

[jim]
he is a true, profiteering american

[fletcher]
i’ve made a pure product ever since i began

[jim]
he’ll get us all into war if he works his plan

[women]
in most every way, we feel
he is basically sound
with his shoulder to the wheel
and his two feet on the ground

[ensemble]
he is a typical, typical, typical self+made american

[joan]
alas, alackaday, unlucky me
my hero and my father can’t agree
oh, listen all, i make it known
that i’m engaged to mr. sloane

[ensemble]
hooray for you and sloane and liberty!

yes, yes, we say
he’ll have to pay
he’s in the way
with propaganda he’s been fillin’ us
he’s a fake
and no mistake
his neck we’ll break
whoever heard of one so villainous?

he says that we use grade b for expedience
we’ll teach him soon the meaning of obedience
we’re all crusading for a cause that’s glorious
and who the h+ll is he to be censorious?

[fletcher, spoken]
take him away and lock him up

[jim, spoken]
wait a minute!
you can’t do that to me!
i’m a free born american citizen
and i have a right to get into this war, too

[fletcher, spoken]
you mean you’re going?

[jim, spoken]
you bet i’m going
and i hope to god i never come back
i wanna get out of a world
where people like you make the wheels go round
i wanna get away from the girl who swore she’d love me one minute
and then left me the next because i didn’t fall for your cry of patriotism
i wanna get away from the whole rotten pool of you
my country, right or wrong
come on, war

- 1990 studio cast of strike up the band lyrics

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