VE Day 80th Anniversary
1914
It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
And the sweetest girl I know!
Farewell to Piccadilly,
Goodbye, Leicester Square!
It's a long, long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there.
Hello! Hello! Who’s your lady friend?
Who’s the little girlie by your side?
I’ve seen you with a girl or two
Oh! Oh! Oh! I am surprised at you
Hello! Hello! Stop your little games
Don’t you think your ways you ought to mend
It isn’t the girl I saw you with on Friday
Who? Who? Who is your lady friend?
Take me back to dear old Blighty!
Put me on the train for London town.
Take me over there, drop me anywhere
Birmingham, Leeds or Manchester, well I don’t care
I should love to see my best girl
Cuddling up again we soon should be. Whoa!
Tiddley-iddley-ighty, hurry me back to Blighty
Blighty is the place for me.
Sentimental journey
Gonna take a sentimental journey
Gonna set my heart at ease
Gonna make a sentimental journey
To renew old memories
Got my bag, got my reservation
Spent each dime I could afford
Like a child in wild anticipation
I long to hear that all aboard
Seven, that's the time we leave, at seven
I'll be waitin' up for heaven
Countin' every mile of railroad track
That takes me back
Never thought my heart could be so yearning
Why did I decide to roam?
I gotta take this sentimental journey
Sentimental journey home
Who Do You Think You are Kidding Mr Hitler?
Who do you think you are kidding Mister Hitler
If you think we're on the run?
We are the boys who will stop your little game.
We are the boys who will make you think again.
'Cause who do you think you are kidding Mister Hitler
If you think old England's done?
Mister Brown goes off to town on the eight twenty-one
But he comes home each evening
And he's ready with his gun.
'Cause who do you think you are kidding Mister Hitler
If you think old England's done.
Bless ‘Em All
Chorus
Bless 'em all, bless 'em all,
The long and the short and the tall
Bless all the sergeants and WO ones
Bless all the corporals and their blinking 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, bless 'em all
Verse
They say if you work hard you'll get better pay
We've heard all that 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 and all
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean
So cheer up my lads bless 'em all
Chorus
White Cliffs of Dover
Chorus
There’ll be blue birds over the white cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow just you wait and see
Repeat
I’ll never forget the people I met braving those angry skies
I remember well as the shadows fell
The light of hope in their eyes
Chorus
We’ll Meet Again
Chorus
We’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when
But I know we’ll meet again some sunny day
Keep smiling through, just like you always do
Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away
So, will you please say hello to the folks that I know
Tell them I won’t be long
They’ll be happy to know that as you saw me go
I was singing this song
Chorus
It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
And the sweetest girl I know!
Farewell to Piccadilly,
Goodbye, Leicester Square!
It's a long, long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there.
Hello! Hello! Who’s your lady friend?
Who’s the little girlie by your side?
I’ve seen you with a girl or two
Oh! Oh! Oh! I am surprised at you
Hello! Hello! Stop your little games
Don’t you think your ways you ought to mend
It isn’t the girl I saw you with on Friday
Who? Who? Who is your lady friend?
Take me back to dear old Blighty!
Put me on the train for London town.
Take me over there, drop me anywhere
Birmingham, Leeds or Manchester, well I don’t care
I should love to see my best girl
Cuddling up again we soon should be. Whoa!
Tiddley-iddley-ighty, hurry me back to Blighty
Blighty is the place for me.
Sentimental journey
Gonna take a sentimental journey
Gonna set my heart at ease
Gonna make a sentimental journey
To renew old memories
Got my bag, got my reservation
Spent each dime I could afford
Like a child in wild anticipation
I long to hear that all aboard
Seven, that's the time we leave, at seven
I'll be waitin' up for heaven
Countin' every mile of railroad track
That takes me back
Never thought my heart could be so yearning
Why did I decide to roam?
I gotta take this sentimental journey
Sentimental journey home
Who Do You Think You are Kidding Mr Hitler?
Who do you think you are kidding Mister Hitler
If you think we're on the run?
We are the boys who will stop your little game.
We are the boys who will make you think again.
'Cause who do you think you are kidding Mister Hitler
If you think old England's done?
Mister Brown goes off to town on the eight twenty-one
But he comes home each evening
And he's ready with his gun.
'Cause who do you think you are kidding Mister Hitler
If you think old England's done.
Bless ‘Em All
Chorus
Bless 'em all, bless 'em all,
The long and the short and the tall
Bless all the sergeants and WO ones
Bless all the corporals and their blinking 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, bless 'em all
Verse
They say if you work hard you'll get better pay
We've heard all that 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 and all
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean
So cheer up my lads bless 'em all
Chorus
White Cliffs of Dover
Chorus
There’ll be blue birds over the white cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow just you wait and see
Repeat
I’ll never forget the people I met braving those angry skies
I remember well as the shadows fell
The light of hope in their eyes
Chorus
We’ll Meet Again
Chorus
We’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when
But I know we’ll meet again some sunny day
Keep smiling through, just like you always do
Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away
So, will you please say hello to the folks that I know
Tell them I won’t be long
They’ll be happy to know that as you saw me go
I was singing this song
Chorus
