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New blog post by mickleinapickle – discussions in this thread, please
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I once loved

a lassie,

a bonnie

wee lassie,

and now I’m

marching off to war

.

VICTORY FOR THE MOTHERLAND

.

left right

left right

left right

lerrrrrft

.

VIVE LA EMPEROR

.

me and my buddies

don’t shed no tear

they gave us guns

and we got no fear

.

BHARAT MATA KI JAI

.

left right

left right

left right

lerrrrrft

.

WITH PEPSI AND GOD ON OUR SIDE

.

we are soldiers

get some in, me lads,

we’ll sin, me lads,

drink gin, me lads

.

TENNOHEIKA BANZAI

.

left right

left right

left right

lerrrrrft

.

LIBERTY OR DEATH

.

gonna kill me some

gonna hit the sack

gonna kill some more

gonna have a big mac

.

AVANTI SAVOIA

.

left right

left right

left right

lerrrrrft

.

ALLAHU AKBAR

.

and I’ll dream

of that lassie,

that bonnie

wee lassie,

while I am

fighting in this war​
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By @mickleinapickle
Get the discussion going – post your thoughts & comments in the thread below…
 
Great video. Obviously Vietnam war era. I lot of great anti-war songs from those days.

I often think of the song, 'Universal Soldier' by Buffey Sainte-Marie...

He's five foot two and he's six feet four
He fights with missiles and with spears
He's all of 31 and he's only 17
Been a soldier for a thousand years
 

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