Misc Traditional – Pork Beans And Hardtack (Guitar)
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Verse 1:
A Our volunteers are solidiers bold, D Bm so say the people all. E7 When duty calls they spring to arms, A responsive to the call.
With outfits old and rotten clothes,
D Bm ill fitted for the strife! E7 They leave their homes on starving pay, A to take the nitchies' life.
Refrain:
C# F#m Pork, beans, and hard-tack, C# F#m tra-la-la-la-la-la-la, B7 E7 Poor, hungry soldiers, B7 E7 tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la A In rags we march the prairie, D Bm most eager for the fray. E7 But when we near the enemy A they always run away.
As Corporation laborers
D Bm with fa-ti-gue each day E7 We dig and scrape
and hoe and rake
A
for fifty cents a day!Verse 2
A Faint, cold and weary, D Bm we're packed on an open car E7 Cursing our fate and grumbling A as soldiers ever are.
Hungry and thirsty,
D Bm over the C.P.R. we go. E7 Instead of by the all-rail-route A Detroit and Chicago.
Refrain:
C# F#m Pork, beans, and hard-tack, C# F#m tra-la-la-la-la-la-la, B7 E7 Poor, hungry soldiers, B7 E7 tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la A In rags we march the prairie, D Bm most eager for the fray. E7 But when we near the enemy A they always run away.
As Corporation laborers
D Bm with fa-ti-gue each day E7 We dig and scrape
and hoe and rake
A
for fifty cents a day!Verse 3
A On half cooked beans and fat pork, D Bm we're fed without relief. E7 Save when we get a change of grub A on hard-tack and corned beef!
On fat-ti-gue and guards all day,
D Bm patrols and pickets by night, E7 It's thus we while our time away, A Our duty seems ne'er to fight!
Refrain:
C# F#m Pork, beans, and hard-tack, C# F#m tra-la-la-la-la-la-la, B7 E7 Poor, hungry soldiers, B7 E7 tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la A In rags we march the prairie, D Bm most eager for the fray. E7 But when we near the enemy A they always run away.
As Corporation laborers
D Bm with fa-ti-gue each day E7 We dig and scrape
and hoe and rake
A
for fifty cents a day!Verse 4
A Down the wild Saskatchewan D in river boats we go. E7 At last we reach Lake Winnipeg A where a tug takes us in tow.
On board a barge two regiments
D Bm are shoved into the hold. E7 Like sardines in a box we're packed A 600 men all told!
Refrain:
C# F#m Pork, beans, and hard-tack, C# F#m tra-la-la-la-la-la-la, B7 E7 Poor, hungry soldiers, B7 E7 tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la A In rags we march the prairie, D Bm most eager for the fray. E7 But when we near the enemy A they always run away.
As Corporation laborers
D Bm with fa-ti-gue each day E7 We dig and scrape
and hoe and rake
A
for fifty cents a day!Verse 5
A Down the length of Winnipeg Lake, D Bm We roll throughout the night. E7 And on we're towed along the Lake A till Selkirk is in sight.
We disembark in double quick time,
D Bm We once more board a train; E7 We're on our way for Winnipeg, A we're getting near home again!
Refrain:
C# F#m Pork, beans, and hard-tack, C# F#m tra-la-la-la-la-la-la, B7 E7 Poor, hungry soldiers, B7 E7 tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la A In rags we march the prairie, D Bm most eager for the fray. E7 But when we near the enemy A they always run away.
As Corporation laborers
D Bm with fa-ti-gue each day E7 We dig and scrape
and hoe and rake
A
for fifty cents a day!