The Parade Came Marching

The Parade Came Marching
by John Forster
© 1988 Limousine Music Co. (ASCAP)

The parade came marching through the town. Left, right!
The parade came marching through the town. Left, right!
Oh we all came marching with my Mom and Daddy watching
And we kept on marching through the town.
Left, right! Tshhhh! Dah dah-dle lah dah dah.

Then the rain came pouring on our heads. Plip, plop.
Then the rain came pouring on our heads. Plip, plop.
Then the rain came pouring and the thunder started roaring
But we kept on marching anyway.
Plip, plop. Left, right! Tshhhh! Dah dah-dle lah dah dah.

And the street got flooded up to here. Squish, squish.
And the street got flooded up to here. Squish, squish.
And the street got flooded and my shoes and socks got mudded
But we kept on marching anyway.
Squish, squish. Plip, plop. Left, right!
Tshhhh! Dah dah-dle lah dah dah.

And the band went glubble glubble glub. Glubble glub.
And the band went glubble glubble glub. Glubble glub.
And the band went glubble
Like an underwater bubble
But we kept on marching anyway.
Glubble glub. Squish, squish. Plip, plop. Left, right!
Tshhhh! Dah dah-dle lah dah dah.

And my flag got sopping soaking wet. Ee-yugh.
And my flag got sopping soaking wet. Ee-yugh.
And it got so sopping it was hard to keep from dropping
But we kept on marching anyway.
Ee-yugh. Glubble glub. Squish, squish. Plip, plop. Left, right!
Tshhhh! Dah dah-dle lah dah dah.

And that day paraded through my dreams. Snore whistle.
And that day paraded through my dreams. Snore whistle.
I was breathing through a scuba
And a dolphin played the tuba
But we kept on marching anyway.
Snore whistle. Ee-yugh. Glubble glub.
Squish, squish. Plip, plop. Left, right!
Tshhhh! Dah dah-dle lah dah dah.

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Family Tree CD.

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