Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition

- Artist: Kay Kyser and His Orchestra

- words and music by Frank Loesser

- peak Billboard position # 1 in 1943

- previously a #8 hit for the Merry Macs in 1942



*** introductory verse included in the sheet music but not on the Kay Kyser recording:

Down went the gunner, a bullet was his fate

Down went the gunner, and then the gunner's mate

Up jumped the sky pilot, gave the boys a look

And manned the gun himself as he laid aside The Book, shouting...

*** end of introductory verse



Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition

And we'll all stay free



Praise the Lord and swing into position

Can't afford to be a politician

Praise the Lord, we're all between perdition

And the deep blue sea



Yes the sky pilot said it

Ya gotta give him credit

For a sonofagun of a gunner was he



Shouting Praise the Lord, we're on a mighty mission

All aboard, we ain't a-goin' fishin'

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition

And we'll all stay free



Praise the Lord (Praise the Lord) and pass the ammunition

Praise the Lord (Praise the Lord) and pass the ammunition

Praise the Lord (Praise the Lord) and pass the ammunition

And we'll all stay free



Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition

And we'll all stay free





Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz

ronhontz@worldnet.att.net