GIRLS, DON'T REFUSE TO KISS A SOLDIER
(K. Davis)

Karl & Harty - 1943


Oh girls, don't refuse to kiss a soldier
For you know that he is fightin' for your peace
And he is your Uncle Sammy's nephew
While you are your Uncle Sammy's niece

Oh girls, don't refuse to kiss a soldier
Or a sailor or a bog ol' tough marine
For they'll show the Japs and old man Hitler
The toughest bunch that they have ever seen

Oh, tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marchin'
Marchin', marchin', marchin' off to war
And as you watch them go, you know that many
Will never see you pretty girls anymore

Oh girls, won't you let him smell your powder
And lay your little head upon his arm
For the powder that he smells across the ocean
Is the kind that does a fellah lots of harm

I didn't write this little song for money
Oh, money isn't what I wrote it for
I wrote it when I found that I was drafted
I wrote it 'cause I'm goin' off to war

Oh girls, don't refuse to kiss a soldier
For you know that he is fightin' for your peace
And he is your Uncle Sammy's nephew
While you are your Uncle Sammy's niece



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2009)