Bless `Em All - George Formby

They say there's a troopship just leaving Bombay, bound for old Blighty shore
Heavily laden with time expired men, bound for the land they adore.
There's many an airman just finishing his time, there's many a twerp signing on.
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean, so cheer up my lads, Bless 'em All.

Bless em All, Bless em All, the long and the short and the tall
Bless all the sergeants and W. O. ones,
Bless all the corprals and their blinkin sons,
'Cos were saying goodbye to them all, as back to their billets they crawl
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean, so cheer up my lads, Bless 'em All

They say if you work hard you'll get better pay
We've heard all that before
Clean up your buttons and polish your boots
Scrub out the barrack room floor
There's many a rookie has taken it in, hook line and sinker an 'all
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean
So cheer up my lads bless 'em all.

Bless 'em All, Bless 'em All, the long and the short and the tall,
Bless all the sergeants and W. O. ones,
Bless all the corprals and their blinkin sons,
'Cos were saying goodbye to them all, as back to their billets they crawl
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean, so cheer up my lads, Bless'em All

Now they say that the Sergeant's a very nice chap, oh what a tale to tell.
Ask him for leave on a Saturday night and he'll pay your fare home as well.
There's many an airman has blighted his life through writing rude words on the wall
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean
So cheer up my lads bless 'em all

Bless 'em All, Bless 'em All, the long and the short and the tall,
Bless all the sergeants and W. O. ones,
Bless all the corprals and their blinkin sons,
'Cos were saying goodbye to them all, as back to their billets they crawl
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean, so cheer up my lads, Bless'em All

Nobody knows what a twerp you have been, so cheer up my lads

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Music

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• wartime
• songs

[ptm51]

Let we never forget George Formby!!!!

[davidcmather]

Thank you for sharing this. Fantastic! Just what my parents and uncles and aunts would have listened to during the war. I love it! :)

[lawomega1]

Brilliant ,that takes me back to my RAF days ,just after the war ,brought back many happy memories with these old songs.Thanks you are a genius for posting

[BlameRepublicans]

Archie Bunker's fav war song...

[TheGixernutter]

top man !!!

[1invictusmaneo]

"Fuck all the Sgts and WO1s, Fuck the Cpls and their bastard sons"

[bourneco]

WE WILL LUV JOO

[Wyliefilms]

this is what you call a classic