They say there's a troopship just leaving Bombay
Bound for Old Blighty shore
Heavily laden with time-expired men
Bound for the land they adore.
There's many an airmen just finishing his time
There's many twerp signing on
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean
So cheer up me lads, **** 'em all!
**** 'em all, **** 'em all
The long and the short and the tall
**** all the sergeants and wo1's
**** all the corp'rals and their bastard sons.
cause they saying goodbye to them all
As back to their billets they crawl
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean
So cheer up me lads, **** 'em all!
They say if you work hard you'll get better pay
We've heard it all before
Clean up your buttons and polish your boots
Scrub out the barrack room floor.
There's many a rookie has taken it in
Hook, line and sinker an' all.
You'll get no promotion this side of ocean
So cheer up me lads, **** 'em all!
**** 'em all, **** 'em all
The long and the short and the tall
**** all the sergeants and wo1's
**** all the corp'rals and their bastard sons.
cause they saying goodbye to them all
As back to their billets they crawl.
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean
So cheer up me lads, **** 'em all!
They say that the sergeant's a very nice chap
Oh what a tale to tell
Ask him for leave on a Saturday night
And he'll pay your fare home as well.
There's many an airman has blighted his life
Through writing rude words on the wall.
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean
So cheer up me lads, **** em' all!
**** 'em all, **** 'em all
The long and the short and the tall
**** all the sergeants and wo1's
**** all the corp'rals and their bastard sons.
cause they saying goodbye to them all
As back to their billets they crawl
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean
So cheer up me lads, **** 'em all!
Nobody knows what a twerp you have been
So cheer up my lads, **** 'em all!