[00:08.80]The Army, the Navy and the Air Force
[00:12.38]Have made old England's name.
[00:15.72]
[00:16.73]Our soldiers, our sailors and our airmen
[00:20.67]Have always played the game.
[00:24.33]
[00:24.98]They're steady - they're true and always ready.
[00:28.74]They fight for you and me.
[00:32.23]
[00:32.75]The Army, the Navy and the Air force
[00:36.47]Leading us to victory.
[00:40.20]
[00:41.18]They say there's a troopship just leaving bombay
[00:45.39]Bound for old blighty shore
[00:49.21]
[00:49.86]Heavily laden with time expired men
[00:53.37]Bound for the land they adore
[00:56.97]
[00:57.28]There's many an airman just finishing his time
[01:01.31]There's many a twerp signing on
[01:05.16]
[01:05.41]You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean
[01:09.51]So cheer up my lads bless 'em all
[01:12.88]
[01:13.69]Bless em all bless em all
[01:18.06]The long and the short and the tall
[01:21.17]
[01:22.32]Bless all the sergeants and W O ones
[01:26.27]Bless all the corp'rals and their blinkin sons
[01:29.71]Cause we're saying goodbye to them all
[01:33.53]
[01:34.26]As back to their billets they crawl
[01:38.23]You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean
[01:42.17]So cheer up my lads bless 'em all
[01:46.53]
[01:49.06]Private Jones came in one night
[01:51.34]Full of cheer and very bright
[01:53.48]He'd been out all day upon the spree
[01:56.01]
[01:57.65]He bumped into Sergeant Smeck
[01:59.79]Put his arms around his neck
[02:01.90]And in his ear he whispered tenderly
[02:09.25]
[02:10.79]Kiss me goodnight Sergeant Major
[02:15.13]Tuck me in my little wooden bed
[02:19.05]
[02:19.74]We all love you Sergeant Major
[02:23.85]When we hear you bawling "Show a leg "
[02:27.15]
[02:28.15]Don't forget to wake me in the morning
[02:32.18]And bring me 'round a nice hot cup of tea
[02:35.92]
[02:36.57]Kiss me goodnight Sergeant Major
[02:40.20]Sergeant Major be a mother to me
[02:44.13]
[02:47.52]Underneath the lantern, By the barrack gate
[02:52.09]Darling I remember The way you used to wait
[02:56.39]
[02:56.82]T'was there that you whispered tenderly,
[03:01.16]That you loved me,You'd always be,
[03:05.42]
[03:05.96]My Lilli of the Lamplight,
[03:09.87]My own Lilli Marlene
[03:13.80]
[03:15.07]Orders came for sailing, Somewhere over there
[03:19.56]All confined to barracks was more than I could bear
[03:23.85]
[03:24.23]I knew you were waiting in the street
[03:28.38]I heard your feet, But could not meet,
[03:32.54]
[03:32.90]My Lilly of the Lamplight,
[03:37.00]my own Lilly Marlene
[03:41.34]
[03:42.12]Resting in our billets, Just behind the lines
[03:46.60]Even tho' we're parted, Your lips are close to mine
[03:50.88]
[03:51.26]You wait where that lantern softly gleams,
[03:55.42]Your sweet face seems To haunt my dreams
[03:59.49]
[03:59.94]My Lilly of the Lamplight,
[04:03.89]My own Lilly Marlene
[04:08.23]
[04:22.83]I'll be seeing you
[04:27.22]
[04:27.54]In all the old familiar places
[04:32.47]
[04:32.99]That this heart of mine embraces
[04:37.71]
[04:38.13]All day through
[04:42.21]
[04:43.19]In that small cafe
[04:46.80]
[04:47.40]The park across the way
[04:51.57]
[04:52.09]The children's carousel
[04:56.33]
[04:56.85]The chestnut tree
[04:59.07]
[04:59.41]The wishing well
[05:01.89]
[05:02.07]I'll be seeing you
[05:05.95]
[05:06.31]Through every lovely summer's day
[05:10.97]
[05:11.25]In everything that's light and gay
[05:16.16]
[05:16.44]I'll always think of you that way
[05:21.19]
[05:21.43]I'll find you in the morning sun
[05:26.43]
[05:26.68]And when the night is new
[05:33.41]
[05:35.44]I'll be looking at the moon
[05:38.97]
[05:41.41]But I'll be seeing you
[05:53.56]
[06:01.50]Now is the hour when we must say goodbye.
[06:13.00]
[06:13.94]Soon you'll be sailing far across the sea.
[06:24.95]
[06:26.65]While you're away, oh, then, remember me.
[06:37.21]
[06:38.84]When you return, you'll find me waiting here.
[06:50.17]
[06:53.19]This is the Army, Mister Jones
[06:57.31]No private rooms or telephones
[07:00.79]
[07:01.57]You had your breakfast in bed before
[07:05.15]But you won't have it there any more
[07:08.93]
[07:09.89]This is the Army, Mister Green
[07:14.04]We like the barracks nice and clean
[07:17.56]
[07:18.23]You had a housemaid to clean your floor
[07:21.97]But she won't help you out any more
[07:25.41]
[07:26.66]Do what the buglers command
[07:30.74]They're in the Army and not in a band
[07:34.41]
[07:34.85]This is the Army, Mister Brown
[07:39.15]You and your baby went to town
[07:43.25]
[07:43.64]She had you worried but this is war
[07:46.90]And she won't worry you anymore
[07:50.14]
[07:51.04]We're going to hang out the washing on the Siegfried line
[07:55.23]Have you any dirty washing mother dear
[07:58.91]
[07:59.36]We're going to hang out the washing on the Siegfried line
[08:03.53]Cause the washing day is here
[08:07.67]
[08:08.14]Whether the weather may be wet or fine
[08:11.81]We'll just rub along without a care
[08:15.74]
[08:15.92]We're going to hang out the washing on the Siegfried line
[08:20.25]If that Siegfried line's still there