Gee, Mom, I Want to Go Home

"Gee, Mom, I Want to Go Home" is a traditional, humorous song satirizing life in the Armed Forces. Each verse has two lines relating what recruits are told, followed by an exaggerated description of the fact. For example:
The original song was sung by Canadian soldiers during World War II.
With original chorus
The song occurs in several variations, the lyrics being adapted for the different branches of the Armed Forces, and it has been transformed into a camp song as well.

Appearances in popular culture

The song appeared in the 1943 play Winged Victory by Moss Hart.
The song, presumably sung by British Commonwealth soldiers, can be heard during "The Desert: North Africa", the eighth episode of the documentary series The World at War.
Folk singer Lead Belly performed the song on several 1940s recordings.
The song was released as a single, titled "I Don't Want No More of Army Life", in 1950 by Texas Jim Robertson
The song was performed in the 1977 M*A*S*H episode "Movie Tonight", with lyrics adapted to the characters and situations in the show. Father Mulcahy, Hawkeye and B.J., Colonel Potter, Klinger, Hot Lips, Radar and four of the nurses all sing a verse each. Frank Burns tries to sing a rather hostile verse after everyone has finished the song, but is glared down.
Manny Singer sings a verse to his despondent daughter shortly after the death of her mother at the beginning of the 1994 film Corrina, Corrina.
A variant of the song is sung in the 2020 film Monster Hunter.