Billy's Bones

Billy ran around with the rare old crew

And he knew an Arsenal from Tottenham blue

We'd be a darn sight better off if we knew

Where Billy's bones are resting now

Billy saw a copper and he hit him in the knee

And he took him down from six foot to five foot three

Then he hit him fair and square in the do re mi

That copper won't be having any family

Hey Billy, son, where are you now?

Don't you know that we need you now?

With a ra ta ta and the old kowtow

Where are Billy's bones resting now?

Billy went away with the peacekeeping force

'Cause he liked a bloody good fight of course

Went away in a big khaki van

To the banks of the willy Jordan

Billy saw the Arabs and he had 'em on the run

When he got 'em in the range of his submachine gun

Then he had the Israelis in his sights

Went a ra ta ta and they ran like Shiites

Hey Billy, son, where are you now?

Don't you know that we need you now?

With a ra ta ta and the old kowtow

Where are Billy's bones resting now?

Hey Billy, son, where are you now?

Don't you know that we need you now?

With a ra ta ta and the old kowtow

Where are Billy's bones resting now?

One night Billy had a rare old time

Laughing and singing on the Lebanon line

Came back to camp not looking too pretty

Never even got to see the Holy City

Now Billy's out there in the desert sun

And his mother cries when the morning comes

And there's mothers crying all over this world

For their poor dead darling boys and girls

Hey Billy, son, where are you now?

Don't you know that we need you now?

With a ra ta ta and the old kowtow

Where are Billy's bones resting now?

With a ra ta ta and the old kowtow (have a Billy holiday, born on a Monday)

Where are Billy's bones resting now?

Married on a Tuesday, drunk on a Wednesday

Got plugged on a Thursday, sick on a Friday

Died on a Saturday, buried on a Sunday