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The Sailor's Wife  


First we have the sailor's wife and she was dressed in blue,
And in one corner of her funny little thing she had a life boat crew,
She had a life-boat crew me boys, the rowlocks and the oars,
While in another corner the marines were doing (fours).

She had those dark and dreamy eyes
And a whizz-bang up her jacksie
She was one of the flash girls,
One of the old brigade.

Next we come to the soldier's wife and she was dressed in black,
And in one corner of her funny little thing she had a union jack,
She had a union jack me boys, the old red white and blue,
While in the other corner, were the signals coming through.

Next we come to the airman's wife and she was dressed in beige,
And in one corner of her funny little thing she had a Handley Page,
She had a Handley Page me boys, the engine on the throb,
While in the other corner was an airman on the job.

Last to come was the undertaker's wife and she was dressed in red,
And in one corner of her funny little thing she had a hundred dead,
She had a hundred dead me boys, the coffins there as well,
And in another corner there was merry bloody hell.

• Sods' Opera
  • Come on Lads  
    • I Haven't Seen Old Hitler  Time: 1:16
    • The D-Day Dodgers  Time: 3:02
    • Ode to a Gezira Lovely  Time: 2:00
    • Tins  Time: 2:01
    • The Ballad of Wadi Maktilla  Time: 2:23
    • The Dying Soldier  Time: 2:26
    • Service Police Song  Time: 2:33
    • Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major  Time: 1:35
    • Thanks for the Memories  Time: 2:31
    • Come on Chaps [a teasing song - tune?]    Time: 1:00
    • The Firth of Forth  Time: 1:39
    • Down the Mine  Time: 2:47
    • The Sailor's Wife [aka She Was One Of The Rakish Kind]    Time: 1:22
    • Longmoor  Time: 2:15
    • I Don't Want To Join The Army  Time: 0:33
    • Hitler Has Only Got One Ball  Time: 0:30
    • We Are The RFC  Time: 0:30
    • Cats On The Rooftops  Time: 0:17
    • Follow The Band [Hey Jig A Jig Fuck A Little Bit]    Time: 0:47
    • Bloody Orkney  Time: 2:12
    • We are the Boys  Time: 1:47
    • Africa Star  Time: 2:11
    • The Sinking of the Graf Spee  Time: 1:54
    • My Bomber Lies Over the Ocean  Time: 1:27
    • When This Bloody War is Over  Time: 2:03
    • The Gay Caballero  Time: 1:31
    • Onward 15 Army Group  Time: 2:05
    • The Highland Division's Fairwell to Sicily    Time: 2:17
    • 'Bless' 'em All  Time: 2:24

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