OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE

Then up and spoke a sailors wife
And she was dressed in green
And in one corner of her funny little thing
She had a submarine
She had a submarine my boys
With conning tower complete
And In the other comer she had half the fucking fleet

Chorus: She had those dark and dreamy eyes
With a whiz bang up her nighty
Singing Hi Jack, come and have a skin back
Come and have a bang at Liza, singing
Old solders never die, they just smell that way

Then up and spoke the gunners wife
And she was full of fun
And in one corner of her funny little thing
She had a vickers gun
She had a vickers gun my boys
With the breech block and the sear
And in the other corner she had provisions for a year

Then up and spoke the pilots wife
And she was chewing gum
And in one corner of her funny little thing
She had a fifty-one
She had a fifty-one my boys
Two napalms and six guns
And in the other corner she had rockets by the tons

Then up and spoke the skippers wife
And she was dressed in black
And in one corner of her funny little thing
She had a fishing smack
She had a fishing smack my boys
The oarlocks and the oars
And in the other corner she had bags and bags of sores

Then up and spoke the jockey's wife
and she was dressed in red
And in one corner of her funny little thing
She had a horses head
She had a horses head my boys
The bridle and the bit
And in the other coner she had bags and gabs of shit

Then up and spoke the brewers wife
And she was dressed in grey
And in one corner of her funny little thing
She had a brewers dray
She had a brewers dray my boys
The barrels and the beer
And in the other comer she had syph and ghonnorhea

From The Fighter Pilot's Hymn Book, 1958, page 43, compiled & edited by William Starr. This songbook was used by Oscar Brand to produce the Wild Blue Yonder LP's. See the songbook online here: https://archive.org/details/1958thefighterpilotshymnbookwilliamstarr