Mess Call

Mess Call is a bugle call which signals mealtime.

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.

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