A World War 1 song from 1918.
Words by Howard Johnson.
Music by Percy Wenrich.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Johnny Dunn, grabbed his little gun
Sailed away, just to fight the Hun
“Over there,” fighting everywhere
Johnny did his share
One day he got a letter from his wife
She asked Johnny how he liked the life
Johnny wrote back, “Dear
They work you hard over here”
Chorus
But I ain’t got weary yet
No, I ain’t got weary yet
Been digging in the trenches all day long
All the time I’m a singing this song
‘Cause I ain’t got weary yet
And I never will, you bet
Why, all the French girls that I see
Beg to sit right on my knee
Well, if that’s war it just suits me
And I ain’t got weary yet”
Chorus
But I ain’t got weary yet
No, I ain’t got weary yet
Been digging in the trenches all day long
All the time I’m a singing this song
‘Cause I ain’t got weary yet
And I never will, you bet
This life ain’t work, it’s only play
Just to pass the time away
I kill ten Germans ev’ry day
And I ain’t got weary yet”
- Johnny Dunn met a husky Hun
Johnny Dunn made the German run
Very fast, but he couldn’t last
Johnny run right past
Johnny’s Captain said, “Why don’t you shoot?”
Johnny said, “I won’t kill this galoot
I have just killed five
I’ll bring this one in alive”
Chorus
But I ain’t got weary yet
No, I ain’t got weary yet
Been digging in the trenches all day long
All the time I’m a singing this song
‘Cause I ain’t got weary yet
And I never will, you bet
Now, if I’m wounded by a shell
Some nice nurse will make me well
And still they say that war is H—
And I ain’t got weary yet”
Chorus
But I ain’t got weary yet
No, I ain’t got weary yet
Been digging in the trenches all day long
All the time I’m a singing this song
‘Cause I ain’t got weary yet
And I never will, you bet
Tho’ I’ve been wounded in this fight
Shot at sunrise, gassed at night
Outside of that I feel all right
And I ain’t got weary yet”
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: