CHURCH PARADE
Church Parade, Church Parade
Tea and toast and marmalade.
Off to church, we're marching proudly
Colliery brass band, playing loudly
Left right, left right,
Colourful bunting swaying and fluttering
Flying from flagpoles, gables and guttering
Union jacks are waving wildly
Children cheer as the men march by
Left, right, left, right
We're going to pray then we're going to fight
Kahki and brass, kahki and brass
Lines of military smart moustache
Marching legs, tightly squeezed
Neat puttees, ankles to knees.
Left, right, left, right
Were going to pray then we're going to fight
All Brassoed and Blanchoed and smartly turned out
That God's on our side, we've no reason to doubt
We're Christian men and we firmly believe
That we shouldn't leave the French in the lurch
We'll knock the Kaiser off his perch
So it's bayonet drill then off to church
Bayonet drill then off to church
Bayonet drill then off to church
© nigel hallworth 2014