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Sup up your beer and collect your fags |
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There's a row going on down near Slough |
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Get out your mats and pray to the West |
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I'll get out mine and pray for myself |
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Thought you were smart when you took them on |
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But you didn't take a peep in their artillery room |
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All that rugby puts hairs on your chest |
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What chance have you got against a tie and a crest? |
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Hello-hurrah |
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What a nice day for the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles |
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Hello-hurrah |
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I hope rain stops play for the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles |
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Thought you were clever when you lit the fuse |
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Tore down the House of Commons in your brand new shoes |
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Composed a revolutionary symphony |
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Then went to bed with a charming young thing |
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Hello-hurrah |
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Cheers then mate, it's the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles |
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Hello-hurrah |
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An extremist scrape with the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles |
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What a catalyst you turned out to be |
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Loaded the guns then you run off home for your tea |
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Left me standing like a guilty schoolboy |
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What a catalyst you turned out to be |
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Loaded the guns then you run off home for your tea |
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Left me standing like a naughty schoolboy |
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We came out of it, naturally the worst |
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Beaten and bloody, and I was sick down my shirt |
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We were no match for their untamed wit |
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Though some of the lads said they'd be back next week |
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Hello-hurrah |
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It's the price to price to pay to the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles |
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Hello-hurrah |
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I'd prefer the plague to the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles |
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Hello-hurrah |
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It's the price to pay to the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles |
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Hello-hurrah |
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I'd prefer the plague to the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles |
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Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles |
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Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles |