ANY BONDS TODAY?
(Irving Berlin)
Barry Wood & The Lyn Murray Singers - 1941
Kay Kyser & His Orch. (vocal: Harry, Ginny, Jack & Max) - 1941
Andrews Sisters (with Vic Schoen's Orch.) - 1941
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch. (vocal: Helen O'Connell & Bob Eberly) - 1941
Mel Blanc & Arthur Q. Bryan
(as the voices of Bugs Bunny & Elmer Fudd in the cartoon "Any Bonds Today?") - 1942
As recorded by BARRY WOOD:
The tall man with the high hat
And the whiskers on his chin
Will soon be knocking at your door
And you oughta be in
The tall man with the high hat
Will be coming down your way
Get your savings out
When you hear him shout
Any bonds today?
Any bonds today?
Bonds of freedom, that's what I'm selling
Any bonds today?
Scrape up the most you can
Here comes the freedom man
Asking you to buy a share of freedom today
Any stamps today?
We'll be blest if we all invest
In the U.S.A.
Here comes the freedom man
Can't make tomorrow's plan
Not unless you buy a share of freedom today
(First came the Czechs and then came the Poles)
And then the Norwegians with three million souls
(Then came the Dutch, the Belgians and France)
Then all of the Balkans with hardly a chance
It's all in the book if only you look
It's there if you read the text
They fell ev'ry one at the point of a gun
(America musn't be next)
(Any bonds today?)
(Bonds of freedom, that's what I'm selling)
(Any bonds today?)
(Scrape up the most you can)
(Here comes the freedom man)
(Asking you to buy a share of freedom today)
Any bonds today?
All you give will be spent to live in the Yankee way
Scrape up the most you can
Here comes the freedom man
Asking you to buy a share of freedom today
(Orchestral Interlude)
Any bonds today?
All you give will be spent to live in the Yankee way
Scrape up the most you can
Here comes the freedom man
Asking you to buy a share of freedom today
Any bonds today?
(Any bonds today?)
(Any bonds today?)
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2013)
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ANY BONDS TODAY (Revised 'Victory' Lyrics)
(Irving Berlin)
Barry Wood (with Mark Warnow's Orch.) - 1945
The tall man with the high hat
And the whiskers on his chin
Will soon be knockin' at your door
And you better be in
The tall man with the high hat
Will be comin' down your way
Get your savings out
When you hear him shout
Any bonds today
Any bonds today?
You remember when first we shouted
Any bonds today?
Four years have gone since then
Now we are back again
Asking you to buy a share of freedom today
Any bonds today?
Much has happened since first we cried
Any bonds today?
Our job is almost done
But we'd have never won
If you hadn't bought a share of freedom that day
We started slow, but through Anzio
We licked Mussolini, with two more to go
We crossed the sea and from Normandy
We marched into Berlin and licked Germany
The Japs, they were tough, but not tough enough
They soon hollered quits, and how
But there's more to do, both for me and for you
America mustn't stop now
Any bonds today?
All those millions who'll be civilians
Are on their way?
We mustn't let them down
They'll soon be back in town
Asking have you bought that share of freedom today
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2013)
