Old King Cole
Harry Belafonte

Old King Cole was a merry old soul

And a merry old soul was he

Called for his pipe

And he called for his bowl

And he called for his privates three

Beer, beer, beer, said the privates

Merry men are we

There's none so fair as can compare

With the Fighting Infantry

Old King Cole was a merry old soul

And a merry old soul was he

Called for his pipe

And he called for his bowl

And he called for his corporals three

Hup two said the corporals

Beer, beer, beer said the privates

Merry men are we

There's none so fair as can compare

With the Fighting Infantry

Old King Cole was a merry old soul

And a merry old soul was he

Called for his pipe

And he called for his bowl

And he called for his sergeants three

Yeahhhhh, said the sergeants

Hup two said the corporals

Beer, beer, beer said the privates

Merry men are we

There's none so fair as can compare

With the Fighting Infantry

Old King Cole was a merry old soul

And a merry old soul was he

Called for his pipe

And he called for his bowl

And he called for his shavetails three

We do all the work said the shavetails

Yeahhhh, said the sergeants

March you dump watch said the corporals

Beer, beer, beer said the privates

Merry men are we

There's none so fair as can compare

With the Fighting Infantry

Old King Cole was a merry old soul

And a merry old soul was he

Called for his pipe

And he called for his bowl

And he called for his captains three

Oh don't be late for the dance said the captains

We do all the work, said the shavetails

Yeahhhhh said the sergeants

March to the guardhouse said the corporals

Beer, beer, beer said the privates

Merry men are we

There's none so fair as can compare

With the Fighting Infantry

Old King Cole was a merry old soul

And a merry old soul was he

Called for his pipe

And he called for his bowl

And he called for his chaplains three

Oh what a bloody mess, amen amen hallelujah

Oh don't be late for the dance, said the captains

We do all the work, said the shavetails

Yeahhhh said the sergeants

Put it in a bucket said the corporals

Beer, beer, beer said the privates

Merry men are we

There's none so fair as can compare

With the Fighting Infantry

Old King Cole was a merry old soul

And a merry old soul was he

Called for his pipe

And he called for his bowl

And he called for his colonels three

Oh what a lovely war, said the colonels

Oh what a bloody mess, amen, amen hallelujah

Oh don't be late for the dance said the captains

We do al the work said the shavetails

Yeahhhhh said the sergeants

March to the end said the corporals

Beer, beer, beer said the privates

Merry men are we

There's none so fair as can compare

With the Fighting Infantry

Old King Cole was a merry old soul

And a merry old soul was he

Called for his pipe

And he called for his bowl

And he called for his generals three

Thuh, thuh, Oh come on fellahs, give a fellah break,

Uh what's my next command said the generals

Oh what a lovely war said the colonels

Oh what a bloody mess, amen,

Oh what a bloody mess said the captains

Oh what a bloody mess, said the shavetails

Oh what a bloody mess, said the sergeants

Oh what a bloody mess said the sergeants

Beer, beer, beer said the privates

Merry men are we

There's none so fair as can compare

With the Fighting Infantry


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Lyrics by Harry Belafonte

  A Star in the East   A Hole In the Bucket   A Star In The East   A Strange Song   A Strange Song   A Woman is a Sometime Thing   All My Trails   Amandla   Amen   And I Love You So   Angelina   Angelique-O   Annabelle Lee   Bam Bam Bamba   Banana Boat (Day-O)   Banana Boat Song   Betty An' Dupree   Betty and Dupree   By The Time I Get To Phoenix   Can’t Cross Over (river Come Down)   Capetown   Christmas Is Coming   Close Your Eyes   Cocoanut Woman   Coconut Woman   Come Away Melinda   Come Back Liza   Come Back Liza [Live]   Cotton Fields   Cotton Fields [Live]   Crawdad Song   Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma   Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma [Alternate Take][*]   Cu-Cu-Ru-Cu-Cu Paloma   Cucurrucucu Paloma   Cycles   Danny Boy   Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)   Danny Boy [Live]   Dark As A Dungeon   Day O   Day-O   Day-O (Banana Boat Song)   Day-O (Banana Boat)   Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)   Did You Hear About Jerry?   Did You Know   Don't Ever Love Me   Don't Ever Love Me   Done Laid Around (AKA Gotta Travel On)   Ezekiel   Fare Thee Well   Four Strong Winds   Get An Ugly Girl To Marry You   Global Carnival   Gloria   Glory Manger   Go Down Emanuel Road   Go Down Emanuel Road [CD Reissue Only][*]   Go Down Old Hannah   God Bless The Child   Goin' Down Jordan   Gomen Nasai   Gotta Travel On   Gotta Travel On [#]   Green Grow The Lilacs   Haiti Cherie   Hallelujah I Love Her So   Hallelujah, I Love Her So   Hallelujah, I Love Her So [Live]   Hava Nageela   Hava Nageela [Alternate Take][*]   Hava Nagila   Hold 'Em Joe   Hold 'Em Joe   How Do You Keep the Music Playing   How Do You Keep the Music Playing?   How Green Was My Valley   How Green Was My Valley   Hurry Sundown   I Do Adore Her   I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day   I Still Get a Thrill   I Still Get a Thrill (Thinking of You)   If I Were A Carpenter   In The Name Of Love   Island In The Sun   Island in the Sun [From Island in the Sun]   Jamaïca Farewell   Jamaica Farewell   Jamaica Farewell [Based on Trad. Air]   Jamaica Farewell [Excerpt]   John Henry   Jump In Line (Shake, Shake Senora)   Jump In The Line   Jump In The Line (Shake, Shake Señora)   Jump in the Line [From the Lynx Fever TV Advert]   Kingston Market   Kingston Town   Kwela (Listen To The Man)   La Bamba   La Bamba [Live]   La Bamba [Mexican Dance Song]   Land Of The Sea And Sun   Lean on Me   Lemon Tree   Long About Now   Love, Love Alone   Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad   Mama Look a Boo Boo   Mama Look a Boo Boo (Shut Your Mouth-Go Away)   Mama Look a Boo Boo [Melody]   Mama Look a Boo-Boo (Shut Your Mouth-Go Away)   Mama Look at Boo Boo   Mama, Look At Bubu   Man Piaba   Man Smart (Woman Smarter)   Man Smart [Woman Smarter]   Man Smart, Woman Smarter   Marianne   Mary's Boy Child   Mary's Boy Child   Matilda   Matilda, Matilda   Matilda, Matilda   Matilda, Matilda [Live]   Matilda!   Memphis Tennessee   Michael Row The Boat Ashore   Michael, Row the Boat Ashore   Midnight Special   Midnight Special [*]   Monkey   Muleskinner   My Lord What A Mornin'   My Lord What A Mornin'   No Regrets   Old King Cole [Live]   On Top Of Old Smokey   One More Dance   Out De Fire   Pastures Of Plenty   Play Me   Rock Island Line   Rocks and Gravel   Scarlet Ribbons   Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)   Scarlett Ribbons (For Her Hair)   Send for Me   Shame And Scandal   Shenandoah   Silent Night   Skin To Skin   Smoke Gets in Your Eyes   Summertime Love   Suzanne   Suzanne (Every Night When The Sun Goes Down)   Sweetheart from Venezuela   Sylvie   The Banana Boat (Day-O)   The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)   The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face   The Fox   The Gifts They Gave   The Marching Saints   The Midnight Special   The Night Has a Thousand Eyes   The Son Of Mary   The Twelve Days of Christmas   The Way That I Feel   Those Three Are On My Mind   Try To Remember   Turn The World Around   Twelve Days Of Christmas   Two Brothers [#]   Unchained Melody   Venezuela   Water Boy   Water Boy - Odetta   We Are The Wave   We Make Love   We Wish You A Merry Christmas   Were You There When They Crucified My Lord   When Spring Comes Round   When The Saint Go Marching In   When the Saints Go Marching In   When the Saints Go Marching In [Alternate Take][*]   Where Have All the Flowers Gone   Where The Little Jesus Sleeps   Whispering   Who's Gonna Be Your Man   Will His Love Be Like His Rum   Will His Love Be Like His Rum?   Zombie Jamboree   Zombie Jamboree (Back To Back)

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