Текст песни The Eton Rifles - Single Edit - The Jam

Sup up your beer and collect your fags
There's a row going on down near Slough
Get out your mat and pray to the West
I'll get out mine and pray for myself

Thought you were smart
When you took them on
But you didn't take a peep
In their artillery room
All that rugby puts hairs on your chest
What chance have you got against a tie and a crest?

Hello, hooray
What a nice day
For the Eton Rifles
Eton Rifles

Hello, hooray
I hope rain stops play
For the Eton Rifles
Eton Rifles

Thought you were clever when you lit the fuse
Tore down the House of Commons
In your brand new shoes
Composed a revolutionary symphony
Then went to bed
With a charming young thing

Hello, hooray
Cheers then, mate
To the Eton Rifles
Eton Rifles

Hello, hooray
An extremist scrape
With the Eton Rifles
Eton Rifles

What a catalyst you turned out to be
Loaded the guns
Then you run off home for your tea
Left me standing like a guilty schoolboy

What a catalyst you turned out to be
Loaded the guns, then you run off home for your tea
Left me standing like a naughty schoolboy

We came out of it naturally the worst
Beaten and bloody
And I was sick down my shirt
We were no match for their untamed wit
Though some of the lads said they'd be back next week

Hello, hooray
There's a price to pay
To the Eton Rifles
Eton Rifles

Hello, hooray
I'd prefer the plague
To the Eton Rifles
Eton Rifles

Hello, hooray
There's a price to pay
To the Eton Rifles
Eton Rifles

Hello, hooray
I'd prefer the plague
To the Eton Rifles
Eton Rifles

Eton Rifles
Eton Rifles

Eton Rifles
Eton Rifles