This is the version I have been using for 25 years . . .thanks for jogging my memory!



The Rout of the blues

As I was a-walking on Salisbury Plain
I heard such a fuss and to-do
For the lassies were crying and tearing their hair
For the rout had just come for the Blues
The rout had just come for the Blues.

Then each one home to their mothers did run
Saying, "My heart is undone, it is true
I'll pack up my clothes without more delay
And boldly I'll march with the Blues
And boldly I'll march with the Blues.

The landlord and landlady walk hand in hand
And so do they pretty girls, too
And each of them poured out a bottle of gin
To drink a success to the Blues
To drink a success to the Blues.

Our ship it is rigged and we all set sail
How sweetly the French Horns played too
And each one let out a loud huzzah
"Success to King George and his Blues!
"Success to King George and his Blues!"