The policeman walked out
oh so proud on his beat
When a vision came to him of
stripes on his sleeve
Promotion he whispered, I'll try for today
So come with me
Mr. I to
R 'lyeh
Come tell me your name
says the limb of the law
To the little fat man selling wares
on the straw
What's that, my name, sir?
Why it is there on display?
And it's
Moses, right, oh, rely, oh, rely, ay!
Now the trial, it came on,
and it lasted a week
One judge said it was
Ger man, another it was
Greek
Prove you're
Irish, said the po liceman,
beyond it's a 'nay
And we said, done it,
Moses, right, oh, rely, ay!
Now the prisoner stepped
up there as stiff as a crutch
Are you
Irish, or
Eng lish, or
German, or
Dutch?
I'm a
Jew, sir, I'm a
Jew, sir, that came over to stay
And me name, it is
Moses, right -oo -ral, aye -ay
We're two of a kind,
says the judge to the
Jew
You're a cousin of
Briscoe, and I am one, too
This numbskull has blundered,
and for it we'll pay
We sure that's right, says
Moses, right -oo -ral, aye -ay
There's a garbage collector
who works down our street
He once was a po liceman,
the pride of his beat
And he moans all the night and
he groans all the day
Singing
Moses
Wright, oh, ally, oh, ally, aye
We're taking applications for the
IRA downstairs in the dressing room,
and we'll also accept
donations to the
United
Jewish
Appeal.
Now, we've been singing and talking about war and destruction and fighting,
and we decided
But we shouldn't leave
you until we sing an anti -war song.