Bless 'Em All (The Service Song)

[ti:Bless 'Em All (The Service Song)] [ar:George Formby] [al:The Legendary George Formby] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.90]Bless 'Em All (The Service Song) - George Formby [00:04.29] [00:07.17]They say there's a troopship just leaving bombay [00:10.86]Bound for old blighty shore [00:13.32] [00:14.24]Heavily laden with time expired men [00:17.53]Bound for the land they adore [00:19.91] [00:20.69]There's many an airman just finishing his time [00:24.21]There's many a twerp signing on [00:26.73] [00:27.52]You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean [00:31.01]So cheer up my lads bless 'em all [00:33.68] [00:34.34]Bless em all bless em all [00:37.83]The long and the short and the tall [00:40.58] [00:41.31]Bless all the sergeants and W O ones [00:45.02]Bless all the corp'rals and their blinkin sons [00:48.16]Cause we're saying goodbye to them all [00:50.92] [00:51.57]As back to their billets they crawl [00:54.92]You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean [00:58.26]So cheer up my lads bless 'em all [01:00.93] [01:01.74]They say if you work hard you'll get better pay haha [01:05.01] [01:05.53]We've heard all that before [01:07.88] [01:08.93]Clean up your buttons and polish your boots [01:12.15]Scrub out the barrack room floor [01:14.70] [01:15.51]There's many a rookie has taken it in [01:18.71] [01:19.28]Hook line and sinker and all [01:21.62] [01:22.35]You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean [01:25.91]So cheer up my lads bless 'em all [01:29.11]Bless 'em all bless 'em all [01:32.07] [01:32.58]The long and the short and the tall [01:35.53] [01:36.21]Bless all the sergeants and W O ones [01:39.91]Bless all the corp'rals and their blinkin sons [01:42.95]Cause we're saying goodbye to them all [01:46.41]As back to their billets they crawl [01:49.26] [01:49.79]You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean [01:53.32]So cheer up my lads bless'em all [01:56.46]Now they say that the sergeant's a very nice chap hehe [02:00.78]Oh what a tale to tell [02:02.87] [02:03.84]Ask him for leave on a saturday night [02:06.82] [02:07.34]And he'll pay your fare home as well [02:09.71] [02:10.55]There's many an airman has blighted his life [02:14.00]Through writing rude words on the wall [02:16.65] [02:17.35]You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean [02:20.79]So cheer up my lads bless 'em all [02:24.06]Bless 'em all (bless 'em all) bless 'em all (bless 'em all) [02:27.65]The long and the short and the tall [02:30.24] [02:31.40]Bless all the sergeants and W O ones [02:34.40] [02:34.93]Bless all the corp'rals and their blinkin sons [02:37.97]Cause we're saying goodbye to them all [02:40.94] [02:41.48]As back to their billets they crawl [02:44.36] [02:44.88]You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean [02:48.35]So cheer up my lads bless'em all [02:51.10] [02:51.94]Nobody knows what a twerp you have been [02:55.43]So cheer up my lads bless 'em all