[00:08.79]Up to your waist in water
[00:10.47]Up to your eyes in slush
[00:11.88]
[00:12.78]Using the kind of language
[00:14.76]That makes the sergeants blush
[00:16.32]Who wouldn't join the army
[00:18.90]That's what we all enquire
[00:19.86]
[00:20.91]Don't we pity the poor civilians
[00:22.92]Sitting beside the fire
[00:24.24]
[00:24.78]Oh Oh Oh It's a lovely war
[00:28.08]Who wouldn't be a soldier eh
[00:30.33]Oh it's a shame to take the pay
[00:32.58]As soon as reveille has gone
[00:34.50]We feel just as heavy as lead
[00:36.09]But we never get up till the sergeant
[00:38.04]Brings our breakfast up to bed
[00:39.84]
[00:40.47]Oh Oh Oh It's a lovely war
[00:43.98]What do you want with eggs and ham
[00:45.84]When you've got plum and apple jam
[00:48.36]Form fours Right turn
[00:50.22]How shall we spend the money we earn
[00:52.23]Oh Oh Oh It's a lovely war
[00:54.57]
[00:56.13]Oh Oh Oh It's a lovely war
[00:59.49]Who wouldn't be a soldier eh
[01:01.59]Oh it's a shame to take the pay
[01:03.75]As soon as reveille has gone
[01:05.67]We feel just as heavy as lead
[01:07.26]But we never get up till the sergeant
[01:09.21]Brings our breakfast up to bed
[01:11.04]
[01:11.67]Oh Oh Oh It's a lovely war
[01:15.09]What do you want with eggs and ham
[01:16.95]When you've got plum and apple jam
[01:18.96]
[01:19.47]Form fours Right turn
[01:20.79]How shall we spend the money we earn
[01:22.92]Oh Oh Oh It's a lovely war
[01:26.31]
[01:31.56]Come to the cook house door boys
[01:33.66]Sniff at the lovely stew
[01:35.16]
[01:35.70]Who is it says the colonel
[01:37.44]Gets better grub than you
[01:39.15]
[01:39.69]Any complaints this morning
[01:41.73]Do we complain
[01:42.48]Not we
[01:43.62]What's the matter with lumps of onion
[01:45.63]Floating around the tea
[01:47.13]Oh Oh Oh It's a lovely war
[01:51.00]Who wouldn't be a soldier eh
[01:53.28]Oh it's a shame to take the pay
[01:55.56]As soon as reveille has gone
[01:57.48]We feel just as heavy as lead
[01:59.19]But we never get up till the sergeant
[02:01.20]Brings our breakfast up to bed
[02:03.00]
[02:03.57]Oh Oh Oh It's a lovely war
[02:07.53]What do you want with eggs and ham
[02:09.24]When you've got plum and apple jam
[02:11.88]Form fours Right turn
[02:14.04]How shall we spend the money we earn
[02:15.84]Oh Oh Oh It's a lovely war
[02:18.51]
[02:19.92]Oh Oh Oh It's a lovely war
[02:23.43]Who wouldn't be a soldier eh
[02:25.50]Oh it's a shame to take the pay
[02:27.57]As soon as reveille has gone
[02:29.97]We feel just as heavy as lead
[02:31.47]But we never get up till the sergeant
[02:33.48]Brings our breakfast up to bed
[02:35.34]
[02:36.03]Oh Oh Oh It's a lovely war
[02:39.72]What do you want with eggs and ham
[02:42.45]When you've got plum and apple jam
[02:44.16]Form fours Right turn
[02:45.48]How shall we spend the money we earn
[02:48.06]Oh Oh Oh It's a lovely war