Lyr Req: Kishorn Commandos

Subject: Lyr Req: Kishorn Commandos
From: Ljung
Date: 26 Oct 03 - 04:47 PM

Can anyone help me with the lyrics to Kishorn Commandos
Thank you in advance

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Kishorn Commandos
From: masato sakurai
Date: 26 Oct 03 - 05:23 PM

Click here (Susanne's site).

Subject: Lyr Add: THE KISHORN COMMANDOS (from Gaberlunzie)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 27 Oct 03 - 08:49 PM

Lyrics and notes copied from http://mysongbook.de/msb/songs/k/kishornc.html

THE KISHORN COMMANDOS
(Gordon Menzies)
(As sung by Gaberlunzie)

We're the Kishorn Commandos way up in Wester Ross
We've never had a gaffer, we've never had a boss
But we'll build the biggest oil-rig you've ever come across
Remember we're the Kishorn Commandos

Every single morning we get wakened by a shout
Get up, ye idle buggers, won't you get the finger out
And what do we get for breakfast? Seven pints of stout
Remember we're the Kishorn Commandos

Digging down a dusty hole till we can hardly speak
Summer sunshine, rain or snow, we seldom stop to sleep
We work for forty hours a day and fourteen days a week
Remember we're the Kishorn Commandos

We're the toughest gang of workers that you have ever met
We'll work or fight with anyone, and you can lay a bet
There may be some men tougher, but we haven't found them yet
Remember we're the Kishorn Commandos

We've never joined the Navy, we've never joined the RAF
We've never joined the army, we're not so bloody daft
We'd rather go to Kishorn and get paid to skive(?) a raft
Remember we're the Kishorn Commandos

You're welcome here in Kishorn if you know how to work
We've Geordies here from Africa and Paddies from New York
Wi' Scousers, Jocks and Taffys, all from the County Cork
Remember we're the Kishorn Commandos

And when the job is over we'll up and pack our bags
We'll spend the money on the booze, the women and the nags
But until then we'll have to do wi' navvies dressed in drag
Remember we're the Kishorn Commandos

[1976:] [This] was written after a 9 am session of singing with the men working at the Howard Dorris construction camp on Loch Kishorn. They are a very special breed, and we are proud that they have adopted this song as something of an anthem. (Notes Gaberlunzie, 'Wind and Water, Time and Tide')