The New Christy Minstrels — The Invalids

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[Verse 1]
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I got my call to go to war,I went to be enlisted.
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The Surgeon General looked me o'er and loudly he insisted,
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You cannot wear the uniform, your lungs are much affected.
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It's plain to see your eyes are crossed and otherwise defected.

[Chorus]
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So now I'm with the invalids, I cannot go and fight, Sir.
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The Surgeon General told me so. Of course it must be right, Sir.

[Verse 2]
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He said "you've got an itchy scalp, your hair is getting thinner.
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And tell me Sir with teeth like that, how do you eat your dinner?
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It seems to me your over weight, your pressure is a-larming."
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I said with much a-lacrity "The ladies find me charming."

[Chorus]
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So now I'm with the invalids, I cannot go and fight, Sir.
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The Surgeon General told me so. Of course it must be right, Sir.

[Verse 3]
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And then he took his stethoscope and listened quite in-tently.
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A look of pity filled his eyesand whispered to me gently;
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"Your feet are flat, your back is bent, the sight of you dis-pleases.
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And by the symptoms, I would say, you've several rare dis-eases."

[Chorus]
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So now I'm with the invalids, I cannot go and fight, Sir.
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The Surgeon General told me so. Of course it must be right, Sir.

[Verse 4]
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I would have liked to go to war, but Sir, I was pre-vended
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In stead I have to stay at home and keep the girls con-tented.
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Be-cause of my con-dition, Sir, war would be a bother.
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The Surgeon General ought to know, be-cause he is my father.

[Chorus]
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So now I'm with the invalids, I cannot go and fight, Sir.
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The Surgeon General told me so. Of course it must be right, Sir.