The Eton Rifles

Hello-hurrah
Get out your mats and pray to the West
Loaded the guns then you run off home for your tea
An extremist scrape with the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles
What a catalyst you turned out to be
Tore down the House of Commons in your brand new shoes
It's the price to pay to the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles
Composed a revolutionary symphony
What a nice day for the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles

Hello-hurrah
Left me standing like a naughty schoolboy
What a catalyst you turned out to be
I'll get out mine and pray for myself
Hello-hurrah
I hope rain stops play for the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles
Hello-hurrah

But you didn't take a peep in their artillery room

Then went to bed with a charming young thing
Though some of the lads said they'd be back next week

Beaten and bloody, and I was sick down my shirt
All that rugby puts hairs on your chest
Left me standing like a guilty schoolboy
We were no match for their untamed wit
Hello-hurrah
Cheers then mate, it's the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles

Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles
Thought you were smart when you took them on
Hello-hurrah
I'd prefer the plague to the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles
Hello-hurrah
We came out of it, naturally the worst
Thought you were clever when you lit the fuse

Hello-hurrah
Loaded the guns then you run off home for your tea

What chance have you got against a tie and a crest?

I'd prefer the plague to the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles
It's the price to price to pay to the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles