Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Uncle Tommy , by - The Rumjacks. Release date: 21.09.2010
Song language: English
Uncle Tommy |
| Early one November me Uncle Tommy joined the army |
| Kitted him out for danger & ferried him o’er the sea |
| He threw me o’er his shoulder, sang to me a dirty ditty |
| Telling me when I were older you’ll be just like me |
| A half a bottle o' whisky, tattoo of a pretty lady |
| Half a dozen Havana’s & his Aunties rosary |
| A-thunderin' oe’r the border, guns a-blazin', hells a-raisin' |
| Here I am ya bastards, ye’ll no be havin' me! |
| Tommy was a rifle, Tommy was a razor |
| Tommy was a ramblin' man |
| A silver blade in the dyin' shade |
| Oor Tommy was a fightin' man! |
| The following December he sent a card to Auntie Annie |
| Tellin' her he were frozen half to death upon a hill |
| Sick o' the sound o' trash cans, kickin' in doors on dear old ladies |
| Sick o' the screamin' babies, he had lost the bottle tae kill |
| He earn’t his scars in German bars |
| And breakin' the hearts o' the maids o' Norway |
| Trained his guns upon the Huns |
| And boxed the sons o' proud old Galway |
| Tommy was a rifle, Tommy was a razor |
| Tommy was a Ramblin' man |
| Quick with a pound when yer luck was down |
| Oor Tommy was a Jerry can |
| Early one November me Uncle Tommy left the army |
| Stripped him o' his regalia & ferried him o’er the main |
| He took me by the shoulder, sang to me a dirty ditty |
| bastard’s only love ye when ye’re shootin' at yer ain! |