Salvation Army Girl by Jake Thackray Lyrics

Salvation Army girl
She plays the bugle in the Sunday street-corner band
Bright and early girl
With her shiny face and her bony hands
But although her nose is cold
Behind her spectacles her eyes are gold
And she's whispered to me that she might
Be all things bright and beautiful tonight

Salvation Army girl
Sells papers in the Saturday boozers
Do-gooding Judy
With her thick woolly stockings and her squeaky shoes
And her War Cries and her uniform
Beneath her battle-dress her skin is warm
And her arms are white
And she wants me for a sunbeam tonight

Salvation Army girl
Cutting bread and butter up the old men's shelter
My missionary missus
It's hard to believe that her mouth could melt
But it does, and generously
Her small white teeth can champ so ardently
So lead me kindly light
And onward Christian soldiers tonight
Sally Army girl
My little hallelujah lady
Don't go away