Mess Call

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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.

{{cite journal

| jstor =4317288

| title =Bugle Calls

| first =Hans

| last =Sperber

| journal =Midwest Folklore

| year =1951

| publisher =Indiana University Press

| volume=1

| issue =3

| pages=167–170}}