The Eton Rifles Lyrics

Sup up your beer and collect your fags There's a row going on down near Slough Get out your mats and pray to the West I'll get out mine and pray for myself
Thought you were smart when you took them on But you didn't take a peep in their artillery room All that rugby puts hairs on your chest What chance have you got against a tie and a crest?
Hello-hurrah What a nice day for the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles Hello-hurrah I hope rain stops play for the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles
Thought you were clever when you lit the fuse Tore down the House of Commons in your brand new shoes Composed a revolutionary symphony Then went to bed with a charming young thing
Hello-hurrah Cheers then mate, it's the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles Hello-hurrah An extremist scrape with the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles
What a catalyst you turned out to be Loaded the guns then you run off home for your tea Left me standing like a guilty schoolboy
What a catalyst you turned out to be Loaded the guns then you run off home for your tea Left me standing like a naughty schoolboy
We came out of it, naturally the worst Beaten and bloody, and I was sick down my shirt We were no match for their untamed wit Though some of the lads said they'd be back next week
Hello-hurrah It's the price to price to pay to the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles Hello-hurrah I'd prefer the plague to the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles
Hello-hurrah It's the price to pay to the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles Hello-hurrah I'd prefer the plague to the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles
Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles