'Bless' 'Em All

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, fuck 'em all.

Fuck em all, fuck em all, the long and the short and the tall
Fuck all the sergeants and w. o. ones,
Fuck all the corp'rals and their bastard sons,
'Cause we're 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, fuck 'em all

They say if you work hard you'll get better pay
We've heard it all 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 fuck 'em all.

Fuck 'em all, fuck 'em all, the long and the short and the tall,
Fuck all the sergeants and w. o. ones,
Fuck all the corp'rals and their bastard sons,
'Cos we're 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, fuck 'em all

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 fuck 'em all

Fuck 'em all, fuck 'em all, the long and the short and the tall,
Fuck all the sergeants and w. o. ones,
Fuck all the corp'rals and their bastard sons,
'Cause we're 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, fuck 'em all

Nobody knows what a twerp you have
Been, so cheer up my lads fuck 'em all