The Irish Rovers Buy Us a Drink song lyrics

Here's to the soldiers that march tae the wars

With lovely tin hats and long woollen drawers

The Colonel says right lads, over the top

Then stands back tae watch while the poor buggers drop

Buy us a drink and we'll sing you a song

Of the chances you missed and the love that went wrong

If you can't buy a whiskey, send us a pint

We'll knock it straight down and we'll sing half the night

There's girls in the parlour, there's girls in the bars

They paint on the smile so you don't see the scars

They get lots of offers and not much respect

For raisin' three kids on a government cheque

Buy us a drink and we'll sing you a song

Of the chances you missed and the love that went wrong

If you can't buy a whiskey, send us a pint

We'll knock it straight down and we'll sing half the night

Drink it down, boys, down

As long as there's light in the day

For you'll get no more sup

When your number is up

And they lay to rot in the clay

In comes the landlord so fat and contect

Comes round in his Volvo to pick up the rent

Then off with his wad tae recline by the pool

He leave tea rot in this dirty old hold

Buy us a drink and we'll sing you a song

Of the chances you missed and the love that went wrong

If you can't buy a whiskey, send us a pint

We'll knock it straight down and we'll sing half the night

It's the taste of the whiskey tae tell you the truth

Has shortened me days and wasted me youth

Be kind tae the health, sir do it no harm

Put a pint'o the black on the end of me arm

Buy us a drink and we'll sing you a song

Of the chances you missed and the love that went wrong

If you can't buy a whiskey, send us a pint

We'll knock it straight down and we'll sing half the night