English Civil War    (video)    (intro)    (sample)

 

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1. When Johnny comes marching home again, hurrah, tralah !

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    He's coming by bus or underground, hurrah, tralah !

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    A woman's eye will shed a tear,

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    to see his face so beaten in fear,

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    just around the corner in the English Civil War.

 

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2. It was still at the stage of clubs and fists, hurrah, tralah !

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    When that well-known face got beaten to bits, hurrah, tralah !

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    Your face was blue in the light of the screen,

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    as we watched the speech of an animal scream,

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    the new party army was marching right over our heads.

 

+ instrumental = verse 2

 

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3. There you are, ha ha, I told you so, hurrah, tralah !

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    Says everybody that we know, hurrah, tralah !

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    But who hid a radio under the stairs,

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    and who got caught out on their unawares?

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    When that new party army came marching right up the stairs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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4. When Johnny comes marching home again, hurrah, tralah !

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    Nobody understands it can happen again, hurrah, tralah !

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    The sun is shining and the kids are shouting loud,

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    but you gotta know it's shining through a crack in the cloud,

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    and the shadows keep falling when Johnny comes marching home.

 

+ instrumental = verse 4

 

    (The Clash)