[MACHEATH]
John was all present and Jim was all there
[JACKIE]
And Georgie was up for promotion
[MACHEATH]
Not that the Army gave a bugger who they were
[JACKIE]
When confronting some heathen commotion
[BOTH]
The troops live under
The cannon's thunder
From Sind to Cooch Behar
Moving from place to place
Where they come face to face
[JACKIE]
With a different breed of fellow
[MACHEATH]
Whose skins are black or yellow
[BOTH]
And quick as winking chopped them into beefsteak tartar!
[JACKIE]
Johnny found his whiskey too warm
[MACHEATH]
And Jimmy found the weather too balmy
[JACKIE]
But Georgie took them both by the arm
[MACHEATH]
And said, "Don't ever disappoint the army!"
[BOTH]
The troops live under
The cannon's thunder
From Sind to Cooch Behar
Moving from place to place
Where they come face to face
[JACKIE]
With a different breed of fellow
[MACHEATH]
Whose skins are black or yellow
[BOTH]
And quick as winking chopped them into beefsteak tartar!
[MACHEATH]
Johnny's a write-off and Jimmy is dead
[JACKIE]
And Georgie was shot for looting
[MACHEATH]
But young men's blood goes on being red
[JACKIE]
And the army goes ahead recruiting
[BOTH]
The troops live under
The cannon's thunder
From Sind to Cooch Behar
Moving from place to place
Where they come face to face
[JACKIE]
With a different breed of fellow
[MACHEATH]
Whose skins are black or yellow
[BOTH]
And quick as winking chopped them into beefsteak tartar!