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Tuning: E A D G B E
PORK, BEANS, AND HARDTACK Verse 1:
Our voluAnteers are solidiers bold, so Dsay the people Bmall. When E7duty calls they spring to arms, responsive to the Acall.
With outfits old and rotten clothes,
ill Dfitted for the sBmtrife! They E7leave their homes on starving pay, to take the nitchies' Alife.
Refrain:
C#Pork, beans, and F#mhard-tack, C# F#m tra-la-la-la-la-la-la, B7Poor, hungry E7soldiers, B7 E7 tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la In rAags we march the prairie, most Deager for the Bmfray. But E7when we near the enemy they always run aAway.
As Corporation laborers
with Dfa-ti-gue each Bmday We E7dig and scrape
and hoe and rake
for fifty cents a Aday!
Verse 2
FaintA, cold and weary, we're Dpacked on an open Bmcar E7Cursing our fate and grumbling as soldiers ever Aare.
Hungry and thirsty,
over theD C.P.R. we Bmgo. InstE7ead of by the all-rail-route Detroit and ChicagAo.
Refrain:
C#Pork, beans, and F#mhard-tack, C# F#m tra-la-la-la-la-la-la, B7Poor, hungry E7soldiers, B7 E7 tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la In rAags we march the prairie, most Deager for the Bmfray. But E7when we near the enemy they always run aAway.
As Corporation laborers
with Dfa-ti-gue each Bmday We E7dig and scrape
and hoe and rake
for fifty cents a Aday!
Verse 3
On halAf cooked beans and fat pork, we're Dfed without relBmief. Save E7when we get a change of grub on hard-tack and corned Abeef!
On fat-ti-gue and guards all day,
patrDols and pickets by Bmnight, It's E7thus we while our time away, Our duty seems ne'er to Afight!
Refrain:
C#Pork, beans, and F#mhard-tack, C# F#m tra-la-la-la-la-la-la, B7Poor, hungry E7soldiers, B7 E7 tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la In rAags we march the prairie, most Deager for the Bmfray. But E7when we near the enemy they always run aAway.
As Corporation laborers
with Dfa-ti-gue each Bmday We E7dig and scrape
and hoe and rake
for fifty cents a Aday!
Verse 4
DownA the wild Saskatchewan in Driver boats we go. At laE7st we reach Lake Winnipeg where a tug takes us in tAow.
On board a barge two regiments
are sDhoved into the hBmold. Like E7sardines in a box we're packed 600 men all Atold!
Refrain:
C#Pork, beans, and F#mhard-tack, C# F#m tra-la-la-la-la-la-la, B7Poor, hungry E7soldiers, B7 E7 tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la In rAags we march the prairie, most Deager for the Bmfray. But E7when we near the enemy they always run aAway.
As Corporation laborers
with Dfa-ti-gue each Bmday We E7dig and scrape
and hoe and rake
for fifty cents a Aday!
Verse 5
DowAn the length of Winnipeg Lake, WeD roll throughout the Bmnight. And E7on we're towed along the Lake till Selkirk is in Asight.
We disembark in double quick time,
We Donce more board a Bmtrain; We'reE7 on our way for Winnipeg, we're getting near home Aagain!
Refrain:
C#Pork, beans, and F#mhard-tack, C# F#m tra-la-la-la-la-la-la, B7Poor, hungry E7soldiers, B7 E7 tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la In rAags we march the prairie, most Deager for the Bmfray. But E7when we near the enemy they always run aAway.
As Corporation laborers
with Dfa-ti-gue each Bmday We E7dig and scrape
and hoe and rake
for fifty cents a Aday!