“Gee, But I Want to Go Home”
Description
A soldier complains about the coffee ("It's good for cuts and bruises And it tastes like iodine), food, clothes, work, and girls at the service club. Chorus: "I don't want no more of army life. Gee, but I want to go home"
Notes
Why do I suspect that Oscar Brand had a hand in this song? - PJS
Recordings
- Pete Seeger, "Gee, But I Want to Go Home" (on PeteSeeger31)
References
- Lomax-FSUSA 39, "Gee, But I Want to Go Home" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Silber-FSWB, p. 276, "Gee, But I Want To Go Home" (1 text)
- DT, GOHOME*
- Roud #10053
- BI, LxU039