Lyrics Then The Lads Of The Village Get Crackin' - George Formby

Hear those marching feet
Down our village street
It′s the Home Guard going on parade
Every mother's son
Shouldering a gun
Out to show the stuff from which we′re made
We're all set to win
Now I'll tell you all about the mob that I am in
When the lads of the village get cracking
And the whole platoon turns out
Off we go, rain or snow
Just like proper soldiers, all in a row
At the pub on the right
We stayed all the night
And the barmaid smiled at me
I brought me pajamas
Now don′t say a word
I used to be a Boy Scout so I came prepared
When the lads of the village get cracking
Down the road to victory
Now a poacher for fun
Went bang with his gun
At a rabbit near a tree
At diving for cover a rabbit is fast
But when we heard that gun go off the rabbit was last
When the lads of the village get cracking
Down the road to victory
Now a girl on the land
Who was waving her hand
As friendly as can be
Talk of invasion, she wasn′t afraid
She winked her eye at me and murmured, come on invade
When the lads of the village get cracking
Down the road to victory
Now we ran a dance
It was full of romance
And did we have fun? Oh gee
We looked for the colonel and found the old chap
Practicing maneuvers with the girl on his lap
When the lads of the village get cracking
Down the road to victory
When the lads of the village get cracking
And the whole platoon turns out
Off we go, rain or snow
Just like proper soldiers, all in a row
Now I never could learn
To right or left turn
And the sergeant swore at me
Right about turn there
I did it so fast
The sergeant said oh blimey, right about something at last
When the lads of the village get cracking
Down the road to victory