Mess Call Explained

"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. 4317288. Bugle Calls. Hans. Sperber. Midwest Folklore. 1951. Indiana University Press. 1. 3. 167–170.

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