"Yesteryear Is Near" lyrics
T Bone Burnett & Elvis Costello Lyrics
Cheerio Charlie, I'm off to fight the war
I'm going to live on bully beef
I'm going to wipe the floor with any Hun
Or German son who knocks upon the door
They're coming in the Kitchener
Whispering in your ear
Yesteryear is near
You dream of skinny mademoiselles
You filthy scallywag
Take their bloody bloomers off and wave them like a flag
And when this is all over we will toast in vin du rouge
And piccolo the derrière
'Cos some of them are huge
Toodle-oo Tommy, until we meet again
And if we shouldn't make it back
Let's say, "Up The Kaiser"
And I'll say hello to your old gal
You'll say, "Farewell" to mine
They're coming in the Kitchener
Whispering in your ear
Yesteryear is near
I'm going to live on bully beef
I'm going to wipe the floor with any Hun
Or German son who knocks upon the door
They're coming in the Kitchener
Whispering in your ear
Yesteryear is near
You dream of skinny mademoiselles
You filthy scallywag
Take their bloody bloomers off and wave them like a flag
And when this is all over we will toast in vin du rouge
And piccolo the derrière
'Cos some of them are huge
Toodle-oo Tommy, until we meet again
And if we shouldn't make it back
Let's say, "Up The Kaiser"
And I'll say hello to your old gal
You'll say, "Farewell" to mine
They're coming in the Kitchener
Whispering in your ear
Yesteryear is near
