"Birds of Prey" March Songtext
von Leslie Fish

March, the mud is caking good around our trousers
Front, eyes front and watch the collar casings drip
Front, the faces of the women in the houses
Ain′t the kind of sight to take aboard the ship

Cheer, we'll never march to victory
Cheer, we′ll never live to hear the cannons roar
The large birds of prey, they will carry us away
And you'll never see your soldiers anymore

Wheel, ah, keep your touch, we're going round a corner
Time, mark time and let the men behind us close
Lord, the transport′s full and half our lot not on her
Cheer, oh, cheer, we′re going off where no one knows

Cheer, we'll never march to victory
Cheer, we′ll never live to hear the cannon roar
The large birds of prey, they will carry us away
You'll never see your soldiers anymore


March, the devil′s none so black as he is painted
Cheer, we'll have some fun before we′re put away
Halt and hand her out; a woman's gone and fainted
Cheer, get on, god help the married men today

Cheer, we'll never march to victory
Cheer, we′ll never live to hear the cannon roar
The large birds of prey, they will carry us away
You′ll never see your soldiers anymore

Aye, come up you hungry beggars to your sorrow
Hear them say they want their tea and want it quick
Ah, you won't have no mind for slingers, not tomorrow
No, you′ll be put out between decks being sick

Cheer, we'll never march to victory
Cheer, we′ll never live to hear the cannon roar
The large birds of prey, they will carry us away
And you'll never see your soldiers anymore

Halt; the married kith has all to go before us
Of course, it′s blocked the bleeding gangway up again
Cheer, oh cheer, the horse guards watching tender o'er us
Keeping us since eight this morning in the rain


Cheer, we'll never march to victory
Cheer, we′ll never live to hear the cannon roar
The large birds of prey, they will carry us away
You′ll never see your soldiers anymore

Stuck in heavy marching orders, stopped and ringing
Sick before our time to watch or heed and fall
Here's your happy home at last and stop your singing
Halt, fall in along the troop deck, silence all

Cheer for we′ll never live to see no bloomin' victory
Cheer and we′ll never live to hear the cannon roar
The Jackal and the Kite have a healthy appetite
And you'll never see your soldiers anymore

The Eagle and the Crow, they are waiting ever so
You′ll never see your soldiers anymore
Yes, the large birds of prey, they will carry us away
You'll never see your soldiers anymore