The army and the navy They never will agree Till all the men and all the boys Are gone from our country Don’t you go Don’t you go, my son Don’t you go Don’t you go, my son The proud and the powerful In whose hands we lie Never will be pleasured Till all our women cry Don’t you go Don’t you go Ah, don’t you go Don’t you go, my son The mastery, the misery Called the art of war Must never try and foil world peace As it has done before Don’t you go Don’t you go, my son Don’t you go Don’t you go, my son The army and the navy They never will agree Till all the men and all the boys Are gone from this country Oh, don’t you go Don’t you go, my son Don’t you go Don’t you go Don’t you go Don’t you go Don’t you go Don’t you go, my son