This Is the Army Page #9

She hasn't come in yet.

Huh? Oh, don't worry about those kids.

She'II turn up.

Hey, Mom, got some news for you.

After tonight, you're gonna get

your oId man home for good.

Is the show cIosing?

Boys don't know it yet,

but this is the Iast performance.

What are you bawIing about, Mom?

-I'm awfuIIy gIad to see you, Iady.

-Oh, Ted.

I wanna teII you something

whiIe I stiII have the courage.

-Something wrong?

-No, it's--

I just want you to know it's aII right.

I mean, about the Army.

I was wrong before,

this is what I raised you for:

To be a credit to your country

and to yourseIf.

-Thanks, Iady.

-So...

...don't worry anymore, son.

Just take care of yourseIf if you can.

-And, Ted?

-Yes?

-Give it to them.

-Don't you worry, Mom.

[APPLAUSE]

Ladies and gentIemen,

we take you back 25 years...

...to another war, another soIdier show.

We present an originaI scene

from Yip! Yip! Yaphank! with Irving BerIin.

[APPLAUSE]

[PLAYING BUGLE CALL]

[BAND PLAYS LIVELY TUNE]

Attention.

-Murphy.

-Here.

-O'NeiII.

-Yo.

-DyIan.

-Here.

-BarkIey.

-Here.

Jones.

Jones.

Jerry Jones.

[APPLAUSE]

Jerry Jones.

The great musicaI comedy star.

One of the originaI members

of this number in 1 91 7.

[APPLAUSE]

[MUSIC RESUMES]

Sergeant Jones, take over.

Attention.

-Riano.

-Here.

-Burns.

-Right.

-CIemens.

-Here.

-Spencer.

-Yo.

BerIin.

BerIin.

At ease, men.

The second time this week

BerIin's faiIed to show.

Find him.

If he doesn't report in five minutes...

-...I'II turn him into a Iieutenant.

-Okay.

Attention.

Right dress.

Left step, march.

Backward, march.

As you were.

-At ease.

ALL:
Whew.

Attention.

In cadence. Exercise.

[MUSIC RESUMES]

[APPLAUSE]

Attention.

CorporaI, I just spoke to BerIin.

He said to see if the Army couIdn't

get on without him.

Oh, he did, did he? Take over, corporaI.

I'II take charge of BerIin.

Left face.

Forward, hey.

[MUSIC RESUMES]

[APPLAUSE]

Come on, come on. It's time to get up.

Come on, sIeeping beauty. Wake up.

[SINGING]

You gotta get up, you gotta get up

You gotta get up this morning

[APPLAUSE]

I've been a soldier quite a while

And I would like to state

The life is simply wonderful

The Army food is great

I sleep with 97 others

In a wooden hut

I love them all, they all love me

It's very lovely but

Oh, how I hate to get up in the morning

Oh, how I'd love to remain in bed

For the hardest blow of all

Is to hear the bugler call

You gotta get up, you gotta get up

You gotta get up this morning

Someday I'm going to murder the bugler

Someday they're going to find him dead

I'll amputate his reveille

And step upon it heavily

And spend the rest of my life in bed

ALL:

Oh, how I hate to get up in the morning

Oh, how I'd love to remain in bed

For the hardest blow of all

Is to hear the bugler call

You gotta get up, you gotta get up

You gotta get up this morning

Someday I'm going to murder the bugler

Someday they're going to find him dead

And then I'll get that other pup

The guy who wakes the bugler up

ALL:

And spend the rest of my life in bed

[APPLAUSE]

Hey, corporaI. There's an attractive

young Iady waiting for you outside.

-There she is.

-Oh, thanks.

-EiIeen, is anything wrong?

-Johnny, this is ChapIain Burke.

-CongratuIations, corporaI.

-What did I do?

CorporaI, I've decided you don't know

what the war is aII about.

We're free peopIe

fighting for the right to remain free.

To work, to be married and to raise

a famiIy in a fine, decent country.

EiIeen, honey, I know that.

Then why do you act

Iike we've Iost the war?

Open your heart, Johnny.

We're aII in this fight together.

Women as weII as men.

Let's share our responsibiIities.

I wanna be a part of you, Johnny.

A part that goes with you on the battIefieId.

Someone to come back to.

[VOICE BREAKING]

This is a free United States.

Doggone it, if we wanna get married,

Iet's get married.

[SOBBING]

CouId you cut it a IittIe short?

I'm in the next number.

Rationing is the order of the day.

We'II need witnesses.

-Oh, hey, Frank. WiII you get my father?

-Sure.

-Oh, mine too.

-Okay.

Forgive me, honey.

You ought to be ashamed.

I even had to buy a ring.

To have and to hoId

from this day forward.

To have and to hoId

from this day forward.

For better for worse, for richer for poorer,

in sickness and in heaIth.

For better for worse, for richer for poorer,

in sickness and in heaIth.

For better for worse, for richer for poorer,

in sickness and in heaIth.

CHAPLAIN:
To Iove and to cherish

untiI death do us part.

To Iove and to cherish

untiI death do us part.

To Iove and to cherish

untiI death do us part.

[APPLAUSE]

SERGEANT:

Company, attention.

Present arms.

Order arms.

-Put the men at rest, sergeant.

-Parade, rest.

Ladies and gentIemen,

it is with regret and pride...

...that I make this announcement to you...

...to members of the cast

and to their famiIies.

This is the finaI performance

of your soIdier show.

In minutes, when the curtain

comes down for the Iast time...

...the men wiII be ordered back

to their combat units.

Men, you have done a great job

for a great cause.

[APPLAUSE]

[MUSIC STARTS]

[SINGING]

'Twas not so long ago

We sailed to meet the foe

And thought our fighting days were done

We thought 'twas over then

But now we're in again

To win the war that wasn't won

This time we will all make certain

That this time is the last time

This time we will not say " Curtain "

Till we ring it down

In their own hometown

For this time

We are out to finish

The job we started then

Clean it up for all time this time

So we won't have to do it again

ALL:
Dressed up to win

We're dressed up to win

Dressed up for victory

We are just beginning

And we won't stop winning

Till the world is free

This time we will all make certain

That this time is the last time

This time we will not say " Curtain "

Till we ring it down

In their own hometown

For this time

We are out to finish

The job we started then

Clean it up for all time this time

So we won't have to do it again

Dressed up to win

We're dressed up to win

Dressed up for victory

[APPLAUSE]

We are just beginning

And we won't stop winning

Till the world is free

For this time we will all make certain

That this time is the last time

This time we will not say " Curtain "

Till we ring it down

In their own hometown

For this time

We are out to finish

The job we started then

Clean it up for all time this time

So we won't have to do it again

We'll fight to the finish this time

And we'll never have to do it again

[APPLAUSE]

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