The Levellers - English Civil War lyrics

When Johnny comes marching home again, hurah tada

He's coming by bus or underground, hurah tada

The world no doubt will shed a tear

To see his face so beaten in fear

And it's just around the corner

In the English civil war

Still at the stage of clubs and fists, hurah tada

When that well known face got beaten to bits, hurah tada

Your face was blue in the light of the screen

As we watched the speech of an animal scream

The new party army was marching

Right over our heads

There you are, ha ha, I told you so, hurah tada

Says everybody that we know, hurah tada

But who hid the radio under the stairs

And who got caught out on their unawares

When that new party army

Came marching right up the stairs

When Johnny comes marching home again, hurah tada

Nobody understands this can happen again, hurah tada

The sun is shining and the kids are shouting loud

But you've got to know it's shining through a crack in the cloud

And the shadows keep on falling

When Johnny comes marching home

All the girls go oh

Get his coffin ready

'Cause Johnny's coming home