[ti:Bless 'Em All]
[ar:George Formby]
[al:Still Cleaning - (The Dave Cash Collection)]
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[00:00.00]Bless 'Em All - George Formby
[00:07.06]They say there's a troopship just leaving bombay
[00:10.60]Bound for old blighty shore
[00:14.08]Heavily laden with time expired men
[00:17.37]Bound for the land they adore
[00:20.57]There's many an airman just finishing his time
[00:24.10]There's many a twerp signing on
[00:27.42]You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean
[00:30.83]So cheer up my lads bless 'em all
[00:34.15]Bless em all bless em all
[00:37.70]The long and the short and the tall
[00:41.33]Bless all the sergeants and W O ones
[00:44.88]Bless all the corp'rals and their blinkin sons
[00:47.97]Cause we're saying goodbye to them all
[00:51.40]As back to their billets they crawl
[00:54.76]You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean
[00:58.04]So cheer up my lads bless 'em all
[01:01.57]They say if you work hard you'll get better pay haha
[01:05.35]We've heard all that before
[01:08.70]Clean up your buttons and polish your boots
[01:11.87]Scrub out the barrack room floor
[01:15.33]There's many a rookie has taken it in
[01:19.14]Hook line and sinker and all
[01:22.19]You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean
[01:25.59]So cheer up my lads bless 'em all
[01:28.94]Bless 'em all bless 'em all
[01:32.61]The long and the short and the tall
[01:36.18]Bless all the sergeants and W O ones
[01:39.71]Bless all the corp'rals and their blinkin sons
[01:42.69]Cause we're saying goodbye to them all
[01:46.20]As back to their billets they crawl
[01:49.65]You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean
[01:53.03]So cheer up my lads bless'em all
[01:56.26]Now they say that the sergeant's a very nice chap hehe
[02:00.58]Oh what a tale to tell
[02:03.65]Ask him for leave on a saturday night
[02:06.89]And he'll pay your fare home as well
[02:10.35]There's many an airman has blighted his life
[02:13.87]Through writing rude words on the wall
[02:17.38]You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean
[02:20.55]So cheer up my lads bless 'em all
[02:23.90]Bless 'em all (bless 'em all) bless 'em all (bless 'em all)
[02:27.56]The long and the short and the tall
[02:31.20]Bless all the sergeants and W O ones
[02:34.73]Bless all the corp'rals and their blinkin sons
[02:38.01]Cause we're saying goodbye to them all
[02:41.32]As back to their billets they crawl
[02:44.91]You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean
[02:48.07]So cheer up my lads bless'em all
[02:51.77]Nobody knows what a twerp you have been
[02:55.25]So cheer up my lads bless 'em all