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| Pogues Rum Sodomy & The Lash Billy's Bones Billy ran around with the rare old crew And he knew an Arsenal from Tottenham blue We'd be a darn sight better off if we knew Where Billy's bones are resting now Billy saw a copper and he hit him in the knew And he took him down from six foot to five foot three Then he hit him fair and square in the do-re-MI That copper won't be having any family Hey Billy son where are you now Don't you know that we need you now With aratata and the old kow-tow where are Billy's bones Resting now Billy went away with the peace-keeping force 'Cause he loved a bloody good fight of course Went away in an old khaki van To the banks of the river Jordan Billy saw the Arabs and he had 'em on the run When he got 'em in the range of his sub-machine gun Then he got the Israelis in his sights Went a ra-ta-ta and the ran like shites Hey Billy son where are you now Don't you know that we need you now With aratata and the old kow-tow where are Billy's bones Resting now One night Billy had a rare old time Laughing and singing on the Lebanon line Came back to camp not looking too pretty Never even got to see the Holy City Now Billy's out there in the desert sun And his mother cries when the morning comes And there's mothers crying all over the world For their poor dead darling boys and girls Hey Billy son where are you now Don't you know that we need you now With aratata and the old kow-tow where are Billy's bones Resting now Have a Billy holiday Born on a Monday Married on a Tuesday Drunk on a Wednesday Got plugged on a Thursday Sick on a Friday Died on a Saturday Buried on a Sunday (Shane MacGowan) SONG: The Gentleman Soldier It's of a gentleman soldier as sentry he did stand He saluted fair maiden by a waving of his hand So then he boldly kissed her and passed it off as a joke He drilled her up in the sentry box wrapped up in a soldier's cloak And the drums are going a rap a tap tap And the fifes they loudly play Fare you well Polly my dear I must be going away All night they tossed and tumbled till the daylight did appear The soldier rose put on his clothes saying Fare you well my dear For the drums they are a beating and the fifes they so sweetly play If it weren't for that Polly my dear with you I'd gladly stay And the drums are going a rap a tap tap And the fifes they loudly play Fare you well Polly my dear I must be going away Now come you gentleman soldier won't you marry me? Oh no my dearest Polly such things can never be For I've a wife already children I have three Two wives are allowed in the army but one's too many for me And the drums are going a rap a tap tap And the fifes they loudly play Fare you well Polly my dear I must be going away If anyone comes a courting you, you can treat them to a glass If anyone comes a courting you, you can say you're a country lass You needn't ever tell them, nor pass it off as a joke That you got drilled in sentry box wrapped up in a soldier's cloak And the drums are going a rap a tap tap And the fifes they loudly play Fare you well Polly my dear I must be going away Oh it's come my gentleman soldier why didn't you tell me so My parents will be angry when this they come to know When nine long months had been and gone the poor girl she brought shame She had a little militia boy and she didn't know his name And the drums are going a rap a tap tap And the fifes they loudly play Fare you well Polly my dear I must be going away (Trad. Arr. The Pogues) |
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