The Irish Rovers - Buy Us a Drink lyrics

Here's to the oldiers that march tae the wars With lovely tin hats and long woollen drawers The Colonel says right lads, over the top Then stands back tae wtach while the poor buggers drop Chorus: Buy us a drink and we'll sing you a song Of the chances you missed and the love that went wrong If you can't buy a whiskey, stand us a pint We'll knock it straight down and we'll sing half the night There's girls in the parlour, there's girls in the bars They paint on the smile so you don't see the scars They get lots of offers and not much respect For raisin' three kids on a government cheque Drink it down, boys, down As long as there's light in the day For you'll get no more sup When your number is up And they lay to rot in the clay In comes the landlord so fat and contect Comes round in his Volvo to pick up the rent Then off with his wad tae recline by the pool He leave tea rot in this dirty old hold Repeat Chorus It's the taste of the whiskey tae tell you the truth Has shortened me days and wasted me youth Be kind tae the health, sir do it no harm Put a pint'o the black on end of me arm Repeat Chorus Twice