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Hiya, fellas.
This is Ethel Merman.
I'm gonna sing a song for
V -Discs
that I know all you G .I .s
will really appreciate.
It was written by Private Frank Lesser,
and it's called,
Why Do They Call a Private a Private?
Well, now, let me tell
you all about it.
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And please, don't crowd.
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["Why Do They
Call a Corporal a Corporal?"
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because he's got two stripes an d I
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know why they call a sergeant a sergeant
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because he always gripes yes
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I know almost all the military type
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why do they call a private a private
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when each night is a public event
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the Pennsylvania Station,
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that crossroads of the nation
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Has nothing on a regular
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army tent
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They snore and snore and
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snore all night
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They drop their shoes, they light the light
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It's heck to
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have to smell a regiment
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Have you been marching
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Why
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do they call a private a private
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When each night is a public event
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Why do they call a private, a private,
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when there's nothing more
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public on earth?
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Take military travel,
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it makes your nerves unravel,
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the army's really getting its
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money's worth.
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In any other walk of life,
you'd think that you were man and wife,
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the way you've got a share,
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a low of birth, your feet are icy.
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Oh, why do they call a private a private
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when there's nothing for public honor?
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Now,
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why do they call a private a private
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when his life is a public affair?
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A hundred other rookies
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enjoy his mother's cookies
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and read his mail and borrow
his underwear.
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And every time he's gotta go,
a fella's gotta go, you know
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With sev en other fellas
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sittin' there
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He's got my collars
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Why do they call a private a private
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When his life is a public affair
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Why do they call a
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private a private
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When he's only a public G .I.
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They ought to call him Rover
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He slides and flees all over
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There's always lots of company for a guy
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And if he ever gets a shower
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He's gotta wait on line an hour
It's murder if he's
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modest and he's shy
The joint is crowded
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Oh, and they call a private a private
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when he's only a public
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G .I.
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Why do they call a private a private
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when his life is a public affair?
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The whole United Nation
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s can hear his conversations
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and read his mail and borrow his underwear.
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And if he finds a local wench
and puts her on a quiet bench
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Three other guys from
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Yank are waiting there
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To take the picture
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A private, a private, private
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When his life is a public affair
Go see the chaplain
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His life is a public affair
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