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Thread #96595 Message #1898791
Posted By: Wolfgang
03-Dec-06 - 10:16 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: All for the Roses (from Christy Moore)
Subject: Lyr Add: ALL FOR THE ROSES (Wally Page,Tony Boylan
ALL FOR THE ROSES (Wally Page, Tony Boylan)
He's twenty-five, he's sick and tired It's time to try the other side The B & I to paradise To sergeants and their men.
He's never been to Dun Na Ri Nor combed the beaches after three Chips and beer and greenery Sergeants and their men.
He signed and took the soldiers crest A decent man in battle dress When bugles blow you do your best for Sergeants and their men.
It's all for the roses, it's over the sea It's all for the roses, Finglas boys to be.
He's way ahead, he's second to none With his fabrique nationali gun Marching bands with Saxon blood Sergeants and their men.
They landed with the sinking sun An invasion by the media run They covered up and kissed with tongues Sergeants and their men.
But the phantom gunner danced the end Battered human bodies bled They butchered us, we butchered them Sergeants and their men.
It's all for the roses, it's over the sea It's all for the roses, Finglas boys to be.
But a flower of sleep grows on his grave Forgotten soon, the cowards and the brave But the coldest hate still lives today for Sergeants and their men.
It's all for the roses, it's over the sea It's all for the roses, Finglas boys to be.