Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Uncle Tommy, artist - The Rumjacks.
Date of issue: 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! |