| 词条 | I'll Make a Man of You |
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| name = I'll Make a Man of You | cover = ManWimperisFinck.jpg | alt = | type = | written = 1914 | published = | writer = | composer = Arthur Wimperis | lyricist = Herman Finck }}"I'll Make a Man of You" is a World War I recruiting song that was sung across Britain in hopes of rallying young men to enlist in the military. It is sung from a flirtatious young woman's perspective of how she dates military men in order to turn them into better soldiers.[1] It was written and composed by Arthur Wimperis and Herman Finck in 1914. The song was also showcased in Frank Lloyd's Cavalcade, and in the musical and film Oh, What a Lovely War!.[2] This song is well known for spawning numerous obscene parody versions which were performed in music halls during World War I and World War II, and are often still sung by serving soldiers today.[3] One of the most notable of these parodies was 'I don't want to join the Army',[4][5][6] a sanitized version of which also featured in Oh, What a Lovely War!.[7] LyricsThe Army and the Navy need attention The outlook isn't healthy you'll admit But I've a perfect dream of a new recruiting scheme Which I really think is absolutely it If only other girls would do as I do I believe that we could manage it alone For I turn all suitors from me, but the Sailor and the Tommy I've an Army and a Navy of my own On Sunday I walk out with a Soldier Monday I'm taken by a Tar Tuesday I'm out with a baby Boy Scout On Wednesday a Hussar On Thursday I gang out wi' a Scottie On Friday the Captain of the crew But on Saturday I'm willing if you'll only take the shilling To make a man of any one of you I teach the tenderfoot to face the powder That gives an added lustre to my skin And I show the raw recruit how to give a chaste salute So when I'm presenting arms, he's falling in It makes you almost proud to be a woman When you make a strapping soldier of a kid And he says, "You put me through it and I didn't want to do it But you went and made me love you, so I did!" On Sunday I walk out with a Bosun On Monday a Rifleman in green On Tuesday I choose a Sub in the Blues On Wednesday a Marine On Thursday a Terrier from Tooting On Friday a Midshipman or two But on Saturday I'm willing if you'll only take the shilling To make a man of any one of you![2] References1. ^{{cite book|last1=Pegler|first1=Martin|title=Soldier's Songs and Slang of the Great War|date=2014|publisher=Osprey Publishing|location=Oxford|pages=252–253}} 2. ^1 {{cite web|last1=Priddle|first1=Mel|title=I'LL MAKE A MAN OF YOU|url=http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/i/illmakeamanofyou.shtml|website=International Lyrics Playground|accessdate=July 21, 2015}} 3. ^{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/956998368|title=Corporal Boskin's cold Cold War : a comical journey|last=Joseph.|first=Boskin,|date=2011|publisher=Syracuse University Press|year=|isbn=0815650507|edition= 1st|location=Syracuse, N.Y.|pages=128|oclc=956998368}} 4. ^{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1053623628|title=The secret history of soldiers : How Canadians survived the Great War|last=1971-|first=Cook, Tim,|isbn=9780735235274|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|oclc=1053623628}} 5. ^{{Cite book|title=War and the Creative Arts|publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education|year=1972|isbn=9781349154906|editor-last=Ferguson|editor-first=John|location=|pages=258}} 6. ^{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/966108123|title=Ice!|last=Tristan,|first=Jones,|date=2014|publisher=Open Road Media|isbn=9781497603578|oclc=966108123}} 7. ^{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/1998/legit/reviews/oh-what-a-lovely-war-2-1200455295/|title=Oh What a Lovely War|last=Wolf|first=Matt|date=1998-09-07|work=Variety|access-date=2018-12-02|language=en-US}} 3 : 1914 songs|British songs|Songs of World War I |
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