Say Goodbye Now to Past Times

Say goodbye now to past times and play, lad

Say goodbye to your airs and your graces

Here's an end to the life that was gay, lad

Here's an end to your games with the girls

Here's an end to the life that was gay, lad

Here's an end to your games with the girls

Not for you now are ribbons and laces

Not for you frills and feathers and favours

Pink and white like a girl though your face is

You must lose all your ringlets and curls

You must lose all your ringlets and curls

 Not for you are frills and feathers

Curls and ringlets, airs and graces

And sweet pretty faces

Say goodbye now to past times and play, lad

Say goodbye to your airs and your graces

Here's an end to the life that was gay, lad

Here's an end to your games with the girls

Here's an end to the life that was gay, lad

Here's an end to your games with the girls

Chest thrown out and shoulders back, sir

Hold your head up, not so slack, sir

Take your musket, on your shoulder

That's the right style, for a soldier

Duty calls you, to death or glory

As for pay, that's another story

Quite another story, quite another story

No more dances now but training

For the pleasures of campaigning

Yes, you'll find it quite exciting

When you come to do some fighting

Bugles calling, sabers flashing,

Cannons roaring, mortars crashing

Headlong into danger dashing

That's the life you've got in store

Not for you, are frills and feathers

Not for you, curls and ringlets

Not for you, airs and graces

Not for you, are sweet pretty faces

Say goodbye now to past times and play, lad

Say goodbye to your airs and your graces

Here's an end to the life that was gay, lad

Here's an end to your games with the girls

Here's an end to the life that was gay, lad

Here's an end to your games with the girls

Some day you'll come back victorious

If you don't get killed before

Then you'll swear that war is glorious

Oh a glorious thing is war

Oh a glorious thing is war

Oh a glorious thing is war