| Sonny Boy Williamson — vcl and hca
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| Eddie Boyd — piano, Bill Sid Cox — gtr, Ransom Knowling — sbass
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| Recording: Chicago July 2, 1945 unissued
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| Album: Vol. |
| 4 Document Records DOCD5058
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| Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com
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| Now the United States did it once
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| An I just know’d they was goin' to do it again
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| Now the United Stated did it once
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| An I just know’d they was going to do it again
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| Now when the Germans first started the war
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| I just know’d the United State was gon' win
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| I didn’t pass in the army
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| But I’m really doin' ev’rything I can, now
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| I didn’t pass in the army
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| But I’m really doin' ev’rthing I can
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| Now an I’ll just keep my fingers crossed
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| Because the United State have just got to win
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| (harmonica & instrumental)
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| I didn’t mind goin' to the army
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| If that was all that we had to do
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| I didn’t mind goin' through the army, yeah
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| If that was all that we had to do
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| Now we’ve already wupped the German
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| An we’ve gotta go an wup them Japanese, too
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| You know the President acks General MacArthur
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| 'How many more ships a-do you need?'
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| You know the President acks General MacArthur
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| 'How many more ships do you need?'
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| We are prob’ly need about a-couple more hundred ships
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| An Japan funeral, boy to be followin' after me, yeah. |