bless 'em all parodies
bless 'em all parodies fuck 'em all, fuck 'em all, the long the short and the tall, they took all our women for awas and wafs, our grog they all guzzled, our tucker they scoffed;
 so we' re saying good by to the swine, whatever bad luck they may find take doris, take lily, but leave us old tilly, leave us old tilly devine!
awas = aust womens army service, waf = womens air force, tilly devine == well known sydney brothel keeper in the '40' s
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the reckon there' re provos, and reckon it's true, for I have seen 1 or 2 bloody great muskets strapped onto their sides, great wooded headswith fuck all inside now we' re saying good by to them all, as back to the harlots we crawl you' ll get no protectin from this fucking section, so cheer up me lads, fuck em all.
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bless sick call, bless sick call, the long the short andthe tall you see the medics ere battle begins, tell them you' re dyin and need aspirin so we' re saying good by to them all, the long the short andthe tall you' ll ge no promaotion with calamine lotion, so goddam the lot, bless sick call
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kittyhawks don't worry me, kittyhawks don't worry me old blowing bastards with flaps in their wings buggered up spark plugs, and buggered up rings;
 so wer' re saying goodbye to them all, as bavck to the ad's they crawl with good navigation, and good concentration, we' ll get them back, that is all!
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the last song don brian collected from john short, of 76 /squadron, 'sick call' version, is from my father, s.
w.
hilt, who served in the us army in nth africa, sicily and italy.
 the other versions brad tate collected in the '60's and early '70's