Mess Call

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

  1. ^ Sperber, Hans (1951). "Bugle Calls". Midwest Folklore. 1 (3). Indiana University Press: 167–170. JSTOR 4317288.
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Bugle calls
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  • Assembly
  • Attention
  • Boots and Saddles
  • Quarters
  • Charge
  • Church
  • Drill
  • Fatigue
  • Fire
  • First
  • First Sergeant's
  • Guard Mount
  • Last
  • Mail
  • Mess
  • Officer's
  • Pay
  • Recall
  • Reveille
  • Rouse
  • Sunset
  • Taps
  • Tattoo


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