Kanonensong [English translation]

John was a soldier and Jim was, too.

And Georgie got promoted far.

But the army never asks you "Who are you?"

And they all marched off to war.

[Chorus:]

All soldiers live to fight!

For them it's Might makes Right

Wherever they might be.

And if it rains on them

And there are foreign men

Who are not white like them,

They'll maybe make them into fricasee!

For Johnny the whisky was way too warm,

And Jimmy always had cold feet.

But Georgie took them by the arm,

And said the army'd never see defeat.

[Chorus]

Johnny was killed and now Jim is dead,

And Georgie is missing and gone,

But blood is still the same bright red,

And recruiting still goes on.

[Chorus}