Mess Call

Mess Call played on the bugle by a member of the United States Army Band

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"Mess Call" is a bugle call which signals time to go to the mess hall.

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"Mess Call" is associated with the following lyrics:

Soupy, soupy, soupy, without a single bean:

Coffee, coffee, coffee, without a speck of cream:

Porky, porky, porky, without a streak of lean.^[1]

Notes[edit]

^ Sperber, Hans (1951). "Bugle Calls". Midwest Folklore. 1 (3). Indiana University Press: 167–170. JSTOR 4317288.

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[1] Sperber, Hans (1951). "Bugle Calls". Midwest Folklore. 1 (3). Indiana University Press: 167–170. JSTOR 4317288.

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