Our man in Europe/dave Delacroix/RagazzimentoNo.18: "When Johnny comes marching Home."

Our Man in PIACENZA-ITALIA: Ragazzimentto No.18: "When Johnny comes marching Home."

(dedicato: All service Women and Men who help keep the Peace)

When Johnny comes marching home again , HURRAH! HURRAH! We'll FLAT-BED-Chevrolet-BBQ, HURRAH! HURRAH! -the girls will sing, the boy's will ROAR! ...and the BRONCOS (USA football team) might even  SCORE! ..and we'll ALL go marching,  when Johnny comes marching home. And we'll ALL go marching, when Johnny comes marching home.

When Johnny comes marching home again, HURRAH! HURRAH! We'll put on a mighty WELCOME then; HURRAH! HURRAH! -the "fife" will Pipe (?), the drum will drum, a tambourine, and Wisdom's hum; "You looked REAL good in that Turquoise dress, sweet Charlene? -In the BARRACKS, you were our Pin-Up!"
(When Johnny comes marching home.)

And fortunately, in BATTLE/WAR-FARE...there is NO "non-smoking " legislation. You dodge the laser-beam/gun-fire. You dive into a trench. There, you encounter three enemy "soldiers". (Kids, like you) They've lost their M-16's.(So have you)...Cigarettes are a latter day "Peace-pipe". -and PEACE prevails till an M1-A-TRIPLE, 60 ton trax HOWITZER staffed by a half a dozen OK Yahoos from Fort Carson, Colorado, USA, arrives  and WE (me and enemy kids in the trench) COLLECTIVELY  SURRENDER! My OWN surrender, of course,  was optional/.And we "all went to heaven in a little row-boat!" -when Johnny comes marching home... None of  THIS (actually!) will mean a shit; when Johnny comes marching home.

When Johnny comes marching home again, HURRAH, HURRAH! When Johnny comes marching home again, Hurrah! HURRAH!
Good PEOPLE have died to keep you FREE. Some wrote, some painted, some thought, some said, "LET IT BE"...and if you KNEW, you'd be on your knees: ASK JOHNNY or JOANIE with half a face, a missing limb, a foot that itches but they cannot scratch, who staggers home from WORLD CONFLICT? -YOU? Are YOU gonna take him or HER out for a beer or two?
...And we'll ALL be happy when Johnny comes marching home. And we'll ALL be happy when Johnny comes marching home. And we'll ALL go marching... when Johnny comes marching home.

 When Johnny come marching home again, HUZZAH! HUZZAH! -Be sure of a great Welcome then; HUZZAH! HUZZAH!
The Girls will sing, the Boys will ROAR. A song that lasts for Evermore. And we'll all go marching?...When Johnny comes marching home. And we'll ALL be grateful, when Johnny comes marching home.


c 2013/feb/davedelacroix/cavalli di Piacenza/italia