Mess Call

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


\header {
  title   = "Mess Call"
  tagline = ##f
}
\paper {
  #(layout-set-staff-size 18)
}
\score {
  \relative c'' {
    \tempo   4=152
    \key     c \major
    \time    2/4
    \set     Staff.midiInstrument = #"french horn"

    c8-.  e8-.                       c8-. e8-.
    c4                               c4-.
    c8-.  \times 2/3 { c16 c16 c16 } c8-. e8-.
    c4                               r4
    e8-.  g8-.                       e8-. g8-.
    e4                               e4-.
    e8-.  \times 2/3 { e16 e16 e16 } e8-. g8-.
    e4                               r4
    g,8-. c8-.                       g8-. c8-.
    g4                               g4-.
    g8-.  \times 2/3 { g16 g16 g16 } g8-. c8-.
    g4.                                   r8
    \bar "|."
  }
  \layout { }
  \midi   { }
}


"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

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