'em all, the long and the short and the tall..
For some reason I have been thinking of the "old songs" ( No Mr FM - not those "old songs") so I was pleased to find a definitive source of lyrics..
SOLDIERS' SONGS: THE FOLKLORE OF THE POWERLESS
I don't want to be a soldier,
I don't want to go to war;
I'd rather hang around
Piccadilly underground,
Living on the earnings of a high born lady;
Don't want a bullet up my arsehole,
Don't want my bollocks shot away,
For I'd rather stay in England,
Merry, merry England,
And roger all my bleeding life away,
Gorblimey!
But the song I was looking for has the chorus:
Fuck 'em all!
Fuck 'em all!
The long and the short and the tall;
Fuck all the Sergeants and W.O.l.'s,
Fuck all the corporals and their bastard sons;
For we're saying goodbye to them all,
As up the C.O.'s arse they crawl;
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean,
So cheer up my lads, fuck 'em all!
A song with limitless possibilities - I am sure up to date lyrics are just waiting to be written...
