Lyrics When 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 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 a pub on the right we stayed all
The night and the bar-maid smiled at me
I brought my pyjamas, now don't say a word
I used to be a boy scout and so I came prepared
When the lads of the village get
Cracking down the road on the road to Victory
Now a poacher for fun went bang with his gun at a rabbit near a tree
At diving for cover the rabbit is fast
But when he 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 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
Practising manoeuvres with a 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