Laddie Boy
War is in the air
Blare bugles blare
Drums beat the loud roll call
Hark! down the street
Tramp, tramp your feet
Up go the windows all
North and South, East and West,
Forth they come the country's best,
Never mind that parting tear
Let there be one parting cheer
Goodbye and luck be with you
Laddie boy, Laddie boy
What ever your name may be
There's a look in your eye
As you go marching by
Tells me you will dare and do and die
And when you hear those shells begin to sing
There'll be someone somewhere who cares will murmur this pray'r,
May you win your share of glory,
And come back to tell the story
Goodbye and good luck Laddie boy
Somewhere in France
There waits the chance
One fighting chance that's all
May you return
to hearts that yearn
Or like a soldier fall
As in Grand-daddy's day,
Tho' today no blue nor gray,
Clad in Khaki fine and fit
Marching on to do your bit
Goodbye and luck be with you
Laddie boy, Laddie boy
What ever your name may be
There's a look in your eye
As you go marching by
Tells me you will dare and do and die
And when you hear those shells begin to sing
There'll be someone somewhere who cares will murmur this pray'r,
May you win your share of glory,
And come back to tell the story
Goodbye and good luck Laddie boy
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