Tramps, Tramp, Tramp-Knickerbocker Quartet/The Peerless Quartet

[ti:Tramps, Tramp, Tramp] [ar:Knickerbocker Quartet] [al:The First World War: 100 Original American & British Historical Hit Recordings from the Great War] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tramps, Tramp, Tramp - Knickerbocker Quartet/The Peerless Quartet [00:09.31]In my prison cell I sit [00:11.44]Thinking Mother dear of you [00:13.85]And our bright [00:14.83]And happy home so far away [00:18.52]And the tears they fill my eyes [00:20.85]Spite of all that I can do [00:23.43]Though I try to cheer [00:24.95]My comrades and be gay [00:28.76]Tramp tramp tramp [00:30.07]The boys are marching [00:33.18]Cheer up comrades they will come [00:37.15]And beneath the starry flag [00:39.21]We shall breathe the air again [00:41.62]Of the free land in our own beloved home [00:46.70]Tramp tramp tramp [00:48.20]The boys are marching [00:51.26]Cheer up comrades they will come [00:55.15]And beneath the starry flag [00:57.22]We shall breathe the air again [00:59.40]Of the free land in our own beloved home [01:03.70] [01:08.25]In the battle front we stood [01:10.17]When their fiercest charge they made [01:12.61]And they swept us [01:13.64]Off a hundred men or more [01:16.98]But before we reached their lines [01:19.34]They were beaten back dismayed [01:21.51]And we heard the [01:22.95]Cry of victory over and over [01:26.06] [01:26.85]Tramp tramp tramp [01:28.18]The boys are marching [01:31.22]Cheer up comrades they will come [01:34.88]And beneath the starry flag [01:37.27]We shall breathe the air again [01:39.46]Of the free land in our own beloved home [01:43.72] [01:52.38]So within the prison cell [01:54.51]We are waiting for the day [01:57.06]That shall come to [01:58.19]Open wide the iron door [02:01.83]And the hollow eye grows bright [02:04.47]How long a gay everything of seing home [02:07.69]And friends once more [02:10.39] [02:11.07]Tramp tramp tramp [02:12.39]The boys are marching [02:15.51]Cheer up comrades they will come [02:19.19]And beneath the starry flag [02:21.55]We shall breathe the air again [02:23.72]Of the free land in our own beloved home [02:28.01] [02:45.82]Tramp tramp tramp [02:47.14]The boys are marching [02:50.12]Cheer up comrades they will come [02:53.90]And beneath the starry flag [02:56.05]We shall breathe the air again [02:58.24]Of the free land in our own beloved home [03:02.41] [03:03.44]Tramp tramp tramp [03:04.86]The boys are marching [03:07.77]Cheer up comrades they will come [03:11.28]And beneath the starry flag [03:13.62]We shall breathe the air again [03:15.85]Of the free land in our own beloved home