Bless 'Em All (the Service Song)-George Formby

[ti:Bless 'Em All] [ar:George Formby] [al:George Formby. When I'm Cleaning Windows - His 52 Finest 1932-1946] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Bless 'Em All (the Service Song) - George Formby [00:06.85]They say there's a troopship just leaving bombay [00:10.73]Bound for old blighty shore [00:13.29] [00:14.15]Heavily laden with time expired men [00:17.31]Bound for the land they adore [00:19.58] [00:20.61]There's many an airman just finishing his time [00:23.80]There's many a twerp signing on [00:26.39] [00:27.49]You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean [00:30.82]So cheer up my lads bless 'em all [00:33.32] [00:34.06]Bless em all bless em all [00:36.89] [00:37.50]The long and the short and the tall [00:41.26]Bless all the sergeants and W O ones [00:44.85]Bless all the corp'rals and their blinkin sons [00:47.78]Cause we're saying goodbye to them all [00:50.74] [00:51.30]As back to their billets they crawl [00:54.64]You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean [00:58.14]So cheer up my lads bless 'em all [01:01.47]They say if you work hard you'll get better pay haha [01:05.19]We've heard all that before [01:07.79] [01:08.81]Clean up your buttons and polish your boots [01:12.00]Scrub out the barrack room floor [01:14.44] [01:15.17]There's many a rookie has taken it in [01:18.27] [01:18.90]Hook line and sinker and all [01:21.55] [01:22.10]You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean [01:25.66]So cheer up my lads bless 'em all [01:28.93]Bless 'em all bless 'em all [01:31.81] [01:32.37]The long and the short and the tall [01:35.59] [01:36.21]Bless all the sergeants and W O ones [01:39.71]Bless all the corp'rals and their blinkin sons [01:42.63]Cause we're saying goodbye to them all [01:45.68] [01:46.31]As back to their billets they crawl [01:49.55]You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean [01:53.03]So cheer up my lads bless 'em all [01:56.17]Now they say that the sergeant's a very nice chap hehe [02:00.33]Oh what a tale to tell [02:02.85] [02:03.74]Ask him for leave on a saturday night [02:07.01]And he'll pay your fare home as well [02:09.35] [02:10.15]There's many an airman has blighted his life [02:13.52]Through writing rude words on the wall [02:17.11]You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean [02:20.48]So cheer up my lads bless 'em all [02:23.26] [02:24.91]Bless 'em all [02:25.76] [02:26.60]Bless 'em all [02:27.59]The long and the short and the tall [02:29.91] [02:31.00]Bless all the sergeants and W O ones [02:34.72]Bless all the corp'rals and their blinkin sons [02:37.57]Cause we're saying goodbye to them all [02:41.33]As back to their billets they crawl [02:44.00] [02:44.56]You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean [02:48.05]So cheer up my lads bless 'em all [02:51.67]Nobody knows what a twerp you have been [02:54.97]So cheer up my lads bless 'em all