Song Lyrics Unknown - Tarpaulin Jacket    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Tarpaulin Jacket Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Tarpaulin Jacket Theme ID: 5635 Album: N/A The Tarpaulin Jacket (words attributed to G. J. Whyte-Melville (1821-1878);air by Charles Coote) A tall stalwart lancer lay dying, And as on his deathbed he lay, To his friends who around him were sighing, These last dying words he did say: cho: Wrap me up in my tarpaulin jacket And say a poor buffer lies low; And six stalwart lancers shall carry me With steps solemn, mournful and slow. Had I the wings of a little dove, Far far away would I fly; I'd fly Straight for the arms of my true love And there I would lay me and die. cho: Then get you two little white tombstones Put them one at my head and my toe, my toe, And get you a penknife and scratch there: "Here lies a poor buffer below." cho: And get you six brandies and sodas, And set them all out in a row, a row, And get you six jolly good fellows To drink to this buffer below. cho: And then in the calm of the twilight When the soft winds are whispering low, so low, And the darkening shadows are falling, Sometimes think of this buffer below. cho: From the Scottish Students Songbook, 1929 edition. A highly derivative (Prisoner's Song, Unfortunate Rake), highly parodied (The Dying Airman, The Dying Skier, even Fiddlers Green) song that's still current in the armed forces. Also see DYINGAIR, FIDGREEN @death filename[ TARPJCKT play.exe TARPJCKT RG ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Ten Thousand Cattle, Ten Thousand Goddam Cattle, Ten Thousand Miles, Tenderfoot, Tennessee Stud, Tenpound Radio, Tenting Tonight On The Old Campground, Terror Time, Test Of Time, TFfe Kule GuttegaeRne Jenter, Thais, That Crazy War, Thats Why We Praise Him, Thats What I want, Thats All, Thats The Ticket, Thats What You Get For Loving Me, The Ants Go Marching, The Candy Man, The Fields Of Athenry, The First Noel, The Girl From Ipanema Garota De Ipanema, The Grinch Song, The Little Drummer Boy, The Monkeys Disgrace, The Nails On Your Hands, The Pitch, The Record Company Bash, The Story Of The Rose Heart Of My Heart, Their Brains Were Small And They Died, Their Way, There Are No Flies On Us, There But For Fortune, There Is A Happy Land, There Is A Tavern In Town, There Is Power, There Were Roses, Therell Be A Hot Time, Therell Be A Hot Time, Therell Be No Distinction There, Theres Many A Man Been Murdered In Luzon, Theres Nae Luck About House, These Are My Mountains, These Hands, They Call Me A Macv Advisor, They Call Wind Maria, They Go Wild Over Me, Theyll Never Take Her Love From Me, Theyre Rioting In Africa Merry Minuet, Thing, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy