The Ragtime Infantry

 

The Church’s one foundation
Is Jesus Christ her Lord,
She is His new creation
By water and the Word.
From heaven He came and sought her
To be His holy bride;
With His own blood He bought her
And for her life He died.
We are Fred Karno's army, we are the ragtime infantry.
We cannot fight, we cannot shoot, what bleeding use are we?
And when we get to Berlin, we'll hear the Kaiser say,
'Hoch, hoch! Mein Gott, what a bloody rotten lot are the ragtime infantry.'