Pogues - Billy’s Bones lyrics

Billy ran around with the rare old crew<br>And he knew an arsenal from tottenham blue<br>We'd be a darn sight better of if we knew<br>Where billy's bones are resting now<br>Billy saw a copper and he hit him in the knee<br>And he took him down from six foot to five foot three<br>Then he hit him fair and square in the do-re-mi<br>That copper won't be having any family<br><br>Hey billy son where are you now<br>Don't you know that we need you now<br>With a ra-ta-ta and the old kow-tow<br>Where are billy's bones resting now<br><br>Billy went away with the peace-keeping force<br>'cause he liked a bloody good fight of course<br>Went away in an old khaki van to the banks of the river jordan<br>Billy saw the arabs and he had 'em on the run<br>When he got 'em in the range of his sub-machine gun<br>Then he had the israelis in his sights, went a ra-ta-ta<br>And they ran like shiites<br><br>Hey billy son where are you now<br>Don't you know that we need you now<br>With a ra-ta-ta and the old kow-tow<br>Where are billy's bones resting now<br><br>One night billy had a rare old time,<br>Laughing and singing on the lebanon line<br>Came back to camp not looking too pretty<br>Never even got to see the holy city<br>Now billy's out there in the desert sun<br>And his mother cries when the morning comes<br>And there's mothers crying all over this world<br>For their poor dead darling boys and girls<br><br>Hey billy son where are you now<br>Don't you know that we need you now<br>With a ra-ta-ta and the old kow-tow<br>Where are billy's bones resting now<br><br>Have a billy holiday<br>Born on a monday<br>Married on a tuesday<br>Drunk on a wednesday<br>Got plugged on a thursday<br>Sick on a friday<br>Died on a saturday<br>Buried on a sunday