Thursday, 8 March 2012

Chris Port Blog #327. The Last Escape (March of the Bastards)

The Last Escape (March of the Bastards)
© Chris Port, 8th March 2012

 
(Supplementary song from Marty Gull: The sink estate kids march off to another oilfield war - to the tune of The Great Escape)

“Mother?”
said my dear brother
“I kissed a girl, I think I love her”
Said my dear mother
to my dear brother
“Pull up yer pants and shut up”

“Mother?”
said my dear brother
“I’d give the world to have a father”
Said my dear mother
to my dear brother
“Son you’re just like your papa”

Glory to God so
now I’ve become a man
Though what this thing’s for
I’ll grow to understand
Now I’m at war
with a big sword
here in my hand
Virgins, oh virgins, beware

Glory to God
now I have a weapon
Where do I put it?
“Back in - your - sheath - my son”

(One-two-three, and a-one-two-three, and a-)

“Father?
Just thought I’d ask yer
whether or not you ever loved me?”
Said my dear father
to my dear brother
“Why don’t you ask your mother?”

(Two-three-four-)

Father
up there in heaven
how you must know the ways of women
Said my dear father
to my dear brother
“How do you think I got here?”

Captain Winters' Memories
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xviQSGoqJk8&feature=related

1 comment:

  1. Another exemplary style mix for Marty Gull composers. "Beethoven's Colonel Bogey" by Dudley Moore.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l3hq4G1iHs

    Original version
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV472RktExA&feature=related

    Hitler has only got one ball,
    Göring has two but very small,
    Himmler is somewhat sim'lar,
    But poor Goebbels has no balls at all...

    Bridge On The River Kwai
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcIehms6u5M&feature=related

    See also: Hitler Has Only Got One Ball
    http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Hitler_Has_Only_Got_One_Ball

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