Idle on Parade

This is a camp that is a-mighty tough

Were the marchin' men are made

But I am a guy who doesn't dig that stuff

And I'm idle on parade

There is a man, a Sergeant-Major Lush

And he has got to be obeyed (Yeah!)

And in a voice just like a little thrush

He says I'm idle on parade

Now, when they gave me a rifle, well they went too far

I'm much better off when I got a guitar

I told the C.O. that I wanna be sent

He sent me to a place where I could repent

When I was a-free, I was a crazy pup

Rock-a-boogie was my trade

Now Captain Burton-Bassett says I'm all shook up

And I'm idle on parade

When they gave me a rifle, well they went too far

I'm much better off when I got a guitar

I told the C.O. that I wanna be sent

He sent me to a place where I could repent

When I was a-free, I was a crazy pup

Rock-a-boogie was my trade

Now Captain Burton-Bassett says I'm all shook up

And I'm idle on para-a-a-a-a-ade

(Idle on paraa-a-a-ade)