reme song
reme song
early in the morning, workshop on parade;
 here comes the sgt major to the 'donkeys serenade' ;
 some silly bastard yells 'right dress' you should have seen the fucking mess! we are the dreamy reme, we are a bloody shower!
cruising down the autobahn(wadi) at 50 miles an hour we are the dreamy reme, we are a bloody shower;
 we can't change up and we can't change down;
 the gearbox is in, but it's upside down.
 we are-------
we pulled it and we pushed it, we stripped the bastard down;
 there were bits and pieces scattered all around.
 up walkeda craftsman with a petrol can he stood and cried at what we'd done we are---
down at the naafi beer bar, 20 pints an hour we are the dreamy reme, we are abloody shower;
 we pick them up and we drink them them down pissed as newts on half a crown.
 we are the --- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
though I haven't yert been able to record this song, I collected this song from scotsman alf murray, who learned this song while seving with british army signals on cyprus during the 'emergency'.
 the term 'shower' is short for 'shower of assholes' he sang wadi, or autobahn, alternatively--both signals and reme-royal electrical and mechanical engineers, are viewed as less than soldiers by the infantry, thus when they sing this song, they arem' t so much laughing at themselves, as at the infantry, who are so 'straight',
so narrow minded, so, so military! he said the song dated from wwii, and was sung in korea as well in the british army.