The Dubliners - Salonika lyrics

Oh me husband's in Salonika and
I wonder if he's dead
And I wonder if he knows he has
A kid with a foxy head
So right away, so right away, so right away
So right away so right away Salonika
Right away me soldier boy

When the war is over what
Will the slackers do
They'll be all around the soldiers for the
Loan of a bob or two
So right away, so right away, so right away
So right away so right away Salonika
Right away me soldier boy

And when the war is over
What will the soldiers do
They'll be walking around with a
Leg and a half
And the slackers they'll have two
So right away, so right away, so right away
So right away so right away Salonika
Right away me soldier boy

And they taxed the pound of butter
And they taxed the ha'penny bun
And still with all their taxin' they
Can't bate the bloody Huns
So right away, so right away, so right away
So right away so right away Salonika
Right away me soldier boy

They taxed the Colosseum and they
Taxed St mary's Hall
Why don't they tax the Bobbies with
Their backs again' the wall
So right away, so right away, so right away
So right away so right away Salonika
Right away me soldier boy

When the war is over what
Will the slackers do
For every kid in America, in
Cork there will be two
So right away, so right away, so right away
So right away so right away Salonika
Right away me soldier boy

They takes us out to blarney and
They lays us on the grass
They puts us in the family way and
They leaves us on our arse
So right away, so right away, so right away
So right away so right away Salonika
Right away me soldier boy

There's no lino in the parlour
And in the kitchen too
And there's a lovely glass back chiffonier
We got from Dickie Drew
So right away, so right away, so right away
So right away so right away Salonika
Right away me soldier boy

Oh, never marry a soldier, a sailor
Or a marine
But keep your eye on that Sinn Fein
Boy with his yellow, white and green
So right away, so right away, so right away
So right away so right away Salonika
Right away me soldier boy
So right away Salonika
Right away me soldier boy