[1st verse:]
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Jimmy's mother went to see her son
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Marching along on parade
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In his uniform and with his gun
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What a lovely picture he made
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She came home that ev'ning
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Filled up with delight
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And to all the neighbors
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She would yell with all her might
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[Refrain:]
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Did you see my little Jimmy marching
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With the soldiers up the avenue?
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There was Jimmy just as stiff as starch
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Like his Daddy on the seventeenth of March
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Did you notice all the lovely ladies
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Casting their eyes on him?
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Away he went
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To live in a tent
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Over in France with his regiment
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Were you there, and tell me, did you notice?
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They were all out of step but Jim
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[2nd verse:]
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That night little Jimmy's father stood
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Buying the drinks for the crowd
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You could tell that he was feeling good
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He was talking terribly loud
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Twenty times he treated
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My! but he was dry
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When his glass was empty
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He would treat again and cry
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[Alternate Lines In 2nd refrain:]
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It made me glad
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To gaze at the lad
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Lord help the Kaiser if he's like his Dad
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They Were All Out Of Step But Jim
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Irving Berlin |