The Clash - English Civil War lyrics

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(Traditional; Arranged by Strummer/Jones)

When Johnny comes marching home again, hurrah, tala

He's coming by bus or undergound, hurrah, tala

A woman's eye will shed a tear

To see his face so beaten in fear

And it was just ‘round the corner in the English Civil War

It was still at the stage of clubs and fists, hurrah, tala

When that well-know face got beaten to bits, hurrah, tala

You face was blue in the light of the screen

As watched the speech of an animal scream

The new party army was marching right over our heads

All right

There you are, ha, ha, I told you so, hurrah, tala

Says everybody that we know, hurrah, tala

But who hid a radio under the stairs?

Who got caught out unawares?

When the new party army came marching right over our heads

Yeah, yeah, yeah

When Johnny comes marching home again, hurrah, tala

Nobody understands it can happen again, hurrah, tala

The sun is shinning and the kids are shouting loud

But you gotta know it's shinning thought a crack in the cloud

And the shadow keeps falling when Johnny comas marching home