The army and the navy They never will agree Til 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 satisfied Til 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 triumph over 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 'Til 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