Tonalidad: C major
Verse 1
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Up and down the Strand
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I strolled around penniless
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But there were pockets to pick
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Beneath the hot august sun
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When suddenly the sound of singing
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and laughter arose in the distance
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And it drew me towards it
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And as I drew closer I could
Verse 2
hear the song they sang,
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"This is your country too!
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Join our procession
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That's marching onwards to war"
Verse 3
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I could see them
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I saw how rich they all were
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At the the head of the gang were
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Top civil servants and
captains of industry
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With well- manicured hands and greasy
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smiles enticing the populous
Verse 4
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"Come buy our shares!
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Who will buy our shares?
Verse 5
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For this is your country too!"
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A great procession was
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marching onwards to war
Verse 6
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A man on the dole stood cursing them all
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He told everyone not to be taken in
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But at the orders of one of the
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marchers policemen
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Came and beat him to the floor
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Interlude 1
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Verse 7
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Along Whitehall these dubious
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characters stared
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Picking up more and more people
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MP's, careerists and god's
Verse 8
oppressed senators
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With the sweetest of smiles they held
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out piggy banks to little children
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But as they took them the stomping stamping
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feet trampled them underneath
Verse 9
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"This is your country too!"
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A great procession was
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marching onwards to war
Verse 10
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"Come along buy your
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They said to a half- dead mother of ten
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"With (?) on our side we've
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reason to smile"
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They said to a tramp in a pool of alcohol
Verse 11
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On and on their maniac laughs
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And their marching beat scaring the night
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