Tommy

I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve ______ red-coats here."
The girls be'ind the bar they ______ an' giggled fit to die,
I outs into the ______ again an' to myself sez I:
   O it's ______ this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away";
   ______ it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins ______ play,
   The band begins to play, my boys, ______ band begins to play,
   O it's "Thank you, ______ Atkins", when the band begins to play.
 
I ______ into a theatre as sober as could be,
They ______ a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me;
______ sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
______ when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me ______ the stalls!
   For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside";
   But it's "Special train ______ Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide,
   The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,
   O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide.
 
Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms ______ guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business ______ paradin' in full kit.
   Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?"
   ______ it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums ______ to roll,
   The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
   O it's "Thin ______ line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.
 
We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't ______ blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable ______ you;
An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your ______ paints,
Why, single men in barricks don't grow into ______ saints;
   While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind",
   But it's "Please to walk ______ front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind,
   There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in ______ wind,
   O it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind.
 
You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it ______ our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.
   For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
   But it's "Saviour ______ 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
   An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
   An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you ______ that Tommy sees!

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