Buy Us a Drink

Here's to the soldiers that march tae the wars With lovely tin hats and long woollen drawers The Colonel says, "Right lads, over the top" Then he stands back tae watch while the poor buggers drop Buy us a drink and we'll sing you a song Of the chances you missed and the love that went wrong If you can't buy a whiskey, send us a pint We'll knock it straight down, and we'll sing half the night There's girls in the parlour, there's girls in the bars They paint on the smile, so you don't see the scars They get lots of offers and not much respect For raisin' three kids on a government cheque Buy us a drink and we'll sing you a song Of the chances you missed and the love that went wrong If you can't buy a whiskey, send us a pint We'll knock it straight down, and we'll sing half the night Drink it down, boys, down As long as there's light in the day For you'll get no more sup When your number is up And they lay you to rot in the clay In comes the landlord, so fat and contect Comes 'round in his Volvo to pick up the rent Then off with his wad tae recline by the pool He leaves you to rot in this dirty old hold Buy us a drink and we'll sing you a song Of the chances you missed and the love that went wrong If you can't buy a whiskey, send us a pint We'll knock it straight down, and we'll sing half the night It's the taste of the whiskey to tell you the truth Has shortened me days and wasted me youth Be kind to the health, sir, do it no harm Put a pint'o the black on the end of me arm Buy us a drink and we'll sing you a song Of the chances you missed and the love that went wrong If you can't buy a whiskey, send us a pint We'll knock it straight down, and we'll sing half the night Buy us a drink and we'll sing you a song Of the chances you missed and the love that went wrong If you can't buy a whiskey, send us a pint We'll knock it straight down, and we'll sing half the night