Stung Right

Stung Right

Pirrt appearance, 1913 edition.

ben 1 was hik-ing ‘ound the town to find a job one day, I

take a tip a-round the world in Un - cle Sam- my's fleet.” I

signed my name a doz-zen times up - on & great bigsheer (Oh I was)

free, Therewill be no moretrips a- round the world for me.

When I was hiking ‘round the town to find a job one day,

I saw a sign, “A thousand fools are wanted right away,

To take a trip around the world in Uncle Sammy's fleet."

I signed my name a dozen times upon a great big sheet.

Stung right, stung right, E-Z mark that's me;

When my term is over, and again I'm free

There will be no more trips around the world for me.

The recruiter said, "The U.S. fleet, that is no place for slaves,

The only thing you have to do is stand and watch the waves."

But in the moming, five o'clock, they woke me from my snooze

To scrub the deck and polish brass and shine the captain's shoes.

One day a dude in uniform to me commenced to shout.

I simply plugged him in the jaw and knocked him down and out.

They slammed me right then in irons and said "You are a case."

On bread and water then I lived for twenty-seven days.

One day the captain said, “Today I'll show you something nice;

All hands line up, we'll go ashore and have some exercises.”

He made us mun for seven miles as fast as we could run

And with a packing on our back that weighed half a ton.

Some time ago when Uncle Sammy had a war with Spain.

And many of the boys in blue were in the battle slain,

Not all were killed by bullets, though, not by any means;

The biggest part that died were by killed by Armour’s Pork and Beans.