The Singing Scoutmaster: Quartermaster Store --Wood Badge Version

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Quartermaster Store --Wood Badge Version
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Category: Wood Badge
Link: Performance Example
Link: Performance Example
Notes: "The Quartermaster's Store" is a traditional song from England.
Notes: The origins of both tune and words are uncertain.
Notes: It was sung by British and ANZAC soldiers during World War I, but probably earlier as well. 

G                           
There are BEAVERS, BEAVERS  
Wielding rusty cleavers  
        D7                     
in the stores (in the stores)  
        G                      
in the stores (in the stores)  
There are BEAVERS, BEAVERS  
Wielding rusty cleavers  
       D7              G       
In the Quartermaster's Stores  
   
Chorus
                G              C           
(part one)   My eyes are dim I cannot see  
(part two)   My...  eyes...    are...   dim...  
               A                   D7             
(part one)   I have not brought my specs with me  
(part two)   I...   can...     not...   see...  
               G        C          G     D7   G   
(both parts) I have not brought my specs with me  
   
Additional verses
BOBWHITES   . . . Wearing silken tights  
EAGLES      . . . Chasing little beagles  
FOXES       . . . Stuffed in little boxes  
OWLS        . . . Shredding papar towels  
BEARS       . . . With curlers in their hair  
BUFFALOES   . . . With mud between their toes  
ANTELOPES   . . . Eating cantaloupes  
STAFFERS    . . . Swinging from the rafters

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