Idle On Parade Lyrics - Anthony Newley

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 

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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 

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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 para-a-a-a-a-ade 

(Idle on paraa-a-a-ade)