Bless 'em All

Words & Music by Jimmy Hughes & Frank Lake

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1. They say there’s a troop - ship just

2. They say, if you work hard you’ll
3. They say that the ser- geant’s a
4. They say that the cor - p’ral will
ad lib.

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leav - ing Bom - bay, bound for Old Bligh - ty shore,

get bet - ter pay, we’ve heard it all be - fore,
ve - ry nice chap, oh! What a tale to tell!
help you a - long, oh! What an aw - ful crime,

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heav - i - ly la - den with time ex - pired men, bound for the land they a -
clean up your but - tons and pol - ish your boots, scrub out the bar - rack room
Ask him for leave on a Sat - ur - day night he’ll pay your fare home as
lend him your ra - zor to clean up his chin, he’ll bring it back ev - ’ry

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dore. There’s man - y an air - man just fin - ish - ing his time, there’s
floor. There’s man - y a rook - ie has tak - en it in,
well. There’s man - y an air - man has blight - ed his life, thro’
time. There’s man - y a rook - ie has fell in the mud, thro’

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man - y a twirp sign - ing on,

hook line and sink - er an all,
writ - ing rude words on the wall, you’ll get no pro - mo - tion this
leav - ing his horse in the stall,

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side of the o - cean, so cheer up, my lads, bless -’em all! Bless ’em

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all! Bless ’em all! The long and the short and the

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tall; bless all the ser - geants and dou -ble - u o ones,

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bless all the corp’ rals and their blink - in’ sons,’cos we’re say - ing good - bye to them all.

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As back to their bil - lets they crawl, you’ll get no pro - mo - tion this

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side of the o - cean, so cheer up, my lads,bless ’em all! No - bo - dy

rall.
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knows what a twirp you’ve been, so cheer up, my lads,bless ’em all!

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