When I was young I used to be as fine a man as ever you'd see; The Prince of Wales, he said to me, "Come and join the British army."
When I was young I had a twist of punching babies with me fist And I thought I would enlist and join the british army.
Too ra loo ra loo ra loo, they're looking for monkeys up in the zoo If I had a face like you, I would join the British army.
Sarah Camdon baked a cake; it was all for poor old Slattery's sake. I threw meself into the lake, pretending I was balmy.
Corporal Duff's got such a drought, just give him a couple of jars of stout; He'll kill the enemy with his mouth and save the British Army. Too ra loo ra loo ra loo, Me curse is on the Labour crew; They took your darling boy from you to join the British army.