A popular song from 1942
In the musical “This is the Army”
Words and music by Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
‘Twas not so long ago
We sailed to meet the foe
And thought our fighting days were done
But now our fighting men
Are over there again
To win the war that wasn’t won
Chorus
This time we will all make certain
That this time is the last time
This time we will not say “Curtain”
‘Til we ring it down
In their own home town
For this time we are out to finish
The job we started then
Clean it up for all time this time
So we won’t have to do it again
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: