Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major
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Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major is a World War II soldier's song. Roud
16962. The final line is "Sgt. Major, be a mother to me". The song is normally credited to Art Noel and Don Pelosi in 1939. There was a follow-up: "Good Morning Sergeant Major" (c 1940)
See also 1939 in music
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16962. The final line is "Sgt. Major, be a mother to me". The song is normally credited to Art Noel and Don Pelosi in 1939. There was a follow-up: "Good Morning Sergeant Major" (c 1940)
Recordings
- The Friends of Fiddler's GreenFriends of Fiddler's GreenFriends of Fiddler's Green is a Canadian folk music group based in Toronto. The original members of the group for its first recording, The Road to Mandalay, were Grit Laskin, Tam Kearney, Ian Robb, Laurence Stevenson, David Parry, and Jeff McClintock on keyboards...
This Side of the Ocean 1981 and 1997 - Arthur AskeyArthur AskeyArthur Bowden Askey CBE was a prominent English comedian.- Life and career :Askey was born at 29 Moses Street, Liverpool, the eldest child and only son of Samuel Askey , secretary of the firm Sugar Products of Liverpool, and his wife, Betsy Bowden , of Knutsford, Cheshire...
- Vera LynnVera LynnDame Vera Lynn, DBE is an English singer-songwriter and actress whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during World War II. During the war she toured Egypt, India and Burma, giving outdoor concerts for the troops...
- George Formby
- Chas & Dave
- Sod's Opera
- Max BygravesMax BygravesMax Bygraves OBE is an English comedian, singer, actor and variety performer. He appeared on his own television shows, sometimes performing comedy sketches between songs...
in SingaLongaWarYearsSingaLongaWarYears-Tracks:The album consists of alternate medleys and single songs as follows:#Medley 1:##Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major##Run Rabbit Run##Ma I miss Your Apple Pie##Bless 'em All# The White Cliffs of Dover#Medley 2:...
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Lyrics
- Private Jones came in one night
- Full of cheer and very bright
- He'd been out all day upon the spree
- He bumped into Sergeant Smeck
- Put his arms around his neck
- And in his ear he whispered tenderly.....
- Kiss me goodnight, Sergeant-Major
- Tuck me in my little wooden bed
- We all love you, Sergeant-Major,
- When we hear you bawling, "Show a leg!"
- Don't forget to wake me in the morning
- And bring me 'round a nice hot cup of tea
- Kiss me goodnight Sergeant-Major
- Sergeant-Major, be a mother to me
- Kiss me goodnight, Sergeant-Major
- Tuck me in my little wooden bed
- snog me now sergeant- Major
- We all love you, Sergeant-Major
- Even when your neck grows rather red
- Don't forget to wake me in the morning
- And bring me 'round a nice hot cup of tea
- Kiss me goodnight, Sergeant-Major
- Sergeant-Major, be a mother to me
External references
See also 1939 in music
1939 in music
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