The Virtual Pub
Come Inside... => The Library => Topic started by: Barman on December 03, 2011, 08:00:43 PM
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http://youtu.be/0hR6O7VxKaQ (http://youtu.be/0hR6O7VxKaQ)
sad24:
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I am in NOttingham. Does that count?
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I am in NOttingham. Does that count?
Is it a war zone...? rubschin:
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Hockley on a Friday night scared2:
I still recall my visit to Berektown (Barrow in Furness)
Me: What is there to do in Barrow in the evenings?
Principal of COllege: DO you like fighting?
scared2:
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Hockley on a Friday night scared2:
I still recall my visit to Berektown (Barrow in Furness)
Me: What is there to do in Barrow in the evenings?
Principal of COllege: DO you like fighting?
scared2:
It counts then!
You can buy the record! :thumbsup:
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What record? Shrugs:
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What record? Shrugs:
This one (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wherever-You-Are/dp/B006G1C3NY/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322943090&sr=301-1) mong! ::)
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I am in NOttingham. Does that count?
Is it a war zone...? rubschin:
Well Nick is there, so that means explosions, fires and panic does that count? whistle:
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No bugger sang for me when the fooking ragheads were trying to blow my brains out rubschin: P'raps if I'd told them where I wuz going it might have made a difference ...... but I doubt it. sadsmiley30:
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No bugger sang for me when the fooking ragheads were trying to blow my brains out rubschin: P'raps if I'd told them where I wuz going it might have made a difference ...... but I doubt it. sadsmiley30:
No doubt you will be rejoicing at the great British public's change of attitude towards the military then! :thumbsup:
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No bugger sang for me when the fooking ragheads were trying to blow my brains out rubschin: P'raps if I'd told them where I wuz going it might have made a difference ...... but I doubt it. sadsmiley30:
No doubt you will be rejoicing at the great British public's change of attitude towards the military then! :thumbsup:
If I could be sure that the Great British Public had changed attitude I would indeed rejoice but as it is I'm afraid some things never change:
I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here."
The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:
O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away";
But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play,
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play.
I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls!
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside";
But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide,
The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,
O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide.
Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.
Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?"
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.
We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints,
Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints;
While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind",
But it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind,
There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind,
O it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind.
You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!
I'll buy the record tho'
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No bugger sang for me when the fooking ragheads were trying to blow my brains out rubschin: P'raps if I'd told them where I wuz going it might have made a difference ...... but I doubt it. sadsmiley30:
No doubt you will be rejoicing at the great British public's change of attitude towards the military then! :thumbsup:
If I could be sure that the Great British Public had changed attitude I would indeed rejoice but as it is I'm afraid some things never change:
I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here."
The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:
O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away";
But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play,
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play.
I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls!
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside";
But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide,
The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,
O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide.
Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.
Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?"
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.
We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints,
Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints;
While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind",
But it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind,
There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind,
O it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind.
You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!
I'll buy the record tho'
I think there has been a huge change in the way the general public see 'our boys'.....