Hey now, Tommy have you got new Shirt? Is it's colour a fine bright blue? Has your mother sent you off to your school From the street with the pretty view?
And shall we wrestle in the old school yard Like the other children do? You can scuff your boots, you can tear your hands And I'll rip that shirt off you
Hey now, Tommy since you moved away They've taken our town and they've made it new Now there stands a chemical plant Where the cherry orchards grew
And I married Lucy from the back of our class Who once wrote letters to you We've got kids and we send them to school From the street with the pretty view
Oh, and your shirt of blue Oh, and your shirt of blue
Maybe Tommy, we grew up too quick From the fields with the flowers strewn From a butterfly stick, to a baton and a brick Changing uniforms far too soon
Hey now, Tommy shall we meet again In the morning wet with dew? Meet at the gates of the colliery You in your shirt of blue
And shall we wrestle in the muddy patch Like the other poor men do? We can scuff our boots, we can tear our hands And I'll rip that shirt off you
Oh, and your shirt of blue Oh, and your shirt of blue
Or maybe Tommy, we grew up too quick From the fields with the flowers strewn From a butterfly stick, to a baton and a brick Changing uniforms far too soon
Oh, and your shirt of blue Oh, and your shirt of blue