Rosettes-Men They Couldn't Hang

[ti:Rosettes] [ar:Men They Couldn't Hang] [al:The Shooting] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Rosettes - Men They Couldn't Hang [00:33.69]We were 50 strong when we left our town [00:35.83]We took a train to the port [00:37.88] [00:38.39]On the boat across we were 48 [00:40.92] [00:41.49]2 in the magistrates court [00:43.71] [00:44.37]2 didn't get past the customs men [00:46.98]3 got drunk in the hold [00:49.97]4 got homesick straight away [00:52.60]1 pair of feet got cold [00:54.87] [00:55.80]Raising the flag wild without regrets [01:00.23] [01:01.60]Waving scarfs singing hard wearing our rosettes [01:06.13] [01:07.17]The riot squad had a team of dogs [01:09.85]And they'd called up the water hose [01:12.01] [01:12.61]We declared a war and fought to a draw [01:15.57]For the glory of the rose [01:17.57] [01:18.61]1 went down in a stumble [01:20.56] [01:21.24]2 went into the sea [01:23.38] [01:24.06]3 got scared and messed right there [01:26.94]1 of them was me [01:29.13] [01:30.49]Raising the flag wild without regrets [01:34.56] [01:35.70]Waving scarfs singing hard wearing our rosettes [01:40.60] [01:52.78]Run rabbit run with the pack [01:55.82] [01:58.12]Better not look down better not look back [02:01.63] [02:04.03]The day you turn will be the day you learn [02:09.39]The lie in the Union Jack [02:14.38] [02:30.70]Matchday came and we saw the game [02:33.10]They took us on at the gates [02:35.15] [02:35.79]I caught the hammering of my life [02:38.46]At the hands of a heavyweight [02:40.60] [02:41.31]I dreamed I heard a distant drum [02:44.09]Beat a requiem Someone's gained [02:48.69]Someone's stained [02:50.04]Us or was it them [02:51.97] [02:53.36]Raising the flags wild without regrets [02:57.43] [02:58.50]Waving scarfs drinking hard wearing our rosettes [03:03.28] [03:04.21]Dress him in the flag send him our regrets [03:08.48] [03:09.59]Wear a scarf on his behalf wearing our rosettes [03:14.78] [03:15.88]Raising the flag wild without regrets [03:20.01] [03:21.17]Waving scarfs singing hard wearing our rosettes