Kurt Weill
Squaddie’s Song
[MACHEATH & TIGER BROWN]
Two, three, four!
[MACHEATH]
John was a squaddie and Jim was a toff
[TIGER BROWN]
And both of them behaved like wankers
[MACHEATH]
Georgie told the sergeant to F right off
[TIGER BROWN]
And spent twenty days on jankers!
[MACHEATH & TIGER BROWN]
The British Army will make salami
From Basra to Goose Green
We'll help the foreigner
To meet the coroner
Brown or black or khaki
A darkey is still a darkey
You'll notice from the bodies
Where the squaddies have been!
[MACHEATH]
John got plugged when they took Marrakesh
[TIGER BROWN]
And Jimmy got sniped by the Argies
[MACHEATH]
Georgiе got the shits in Bangladesh
[TIGER BROWN]
He couldn't takе the onion bhajis!
[MACHEATH, TIGER BROWN & MEN]
The British Army will make salami
From Basra to Goose Green
We'll help the foreigner
To meet the coroner
Brown or black or khaki
A darkey is still a darkey
You'll notice from the bodies
Where the squaddies have been!
[MACHEATH]
John is a goner and Jimmy is gone
[TIGER BROWN]
And Georgie is six feet under
[MACHEATH]
But their memory will linger on
[TIGER BROWN]
When the cannonballs roar like thunder
[MACHEATH, TIGER BROWN & MEN]
The British Army will make salami
From Basra to Goose Green (Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo)!
We'll help the foreigner
To meet the coroner
Brown or black or khaki
A darkey is still a darkey
You'll notice from the bodies
Where the squaddies have been!