Idle On Parade

Idle On Parade - Anthony Newley/Frankie Vaughan

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 parade

Idle on parade