There's a spot that the soldiers all love
The mess tent's the place that we mean
And the dish that we like best to see
Is the old-fashioned white army bean

'Tis the bean that we mean
And we'll eat as we ne'er ate before
The army bean, nice and clean
We will stick to our beans evermore

Now the bean in its primitive state
Is a plant we have all often met
But when cooked in the old army style
It has charms we can never forget

'Tis the bean that we mean
And we'll eat as we ne'er ate before
The army bean, nice and clean
We will stick to our beans evermore

Now the German, he's fond of sauerkraut
The potato is loved by the Mick
But the soldiers have long since found out
That through life to our beans we must stick

'Tis the bean that we mean
And we'll eat as we ne'er ate before
The army bean, nice and clean
We will stick to our beans evermore

The army bean, nice and clean
We will stick to our beans evermore