What do you think I've been doing all day?
Boozin', jolly well boozin'
Where do you think I have spent all me pay?
Boozin', jolly well boozin'
Don't say I'm not wrong, you know I'm not right
Don't argue the point 'cause you know I can't fight
Where would you like me to take you tonight?
Boozin', jolly well boozin'
Boozin', boozin' when you are dry
Boozin', boozin' suits you and I
Some does it open and more on the sly
But all of us likes to go boozin'
What are the joys of the laboring man?
Boozin', jolly well boozin'
What is he doing whenever he can?
Boozin', jolly well boozin'
He goes home on a saturday, gives his wife all
She goes off to the market, makes many a call
What brings her home hanging on to the wall?
Boozin', jolly well boozin'
Boozin', boozin' when you are dry
Boozin', boozin' suits you and I
Some does it open and more on the sly
But all of us likes to go boozin'
What are the joys of Jolly Jack Tarr?
Boozin', jolly well boozin'
What are the joys of the bold sons of war?
Boozin', jolly well boozin'
And what makes England the land of the free
And if another French War were to be
Where would you find all the bold RIC
Boozin', jolly well boozin'
Boozin', boozin' when you are dry
Boozin', boozin' suits you and I
Some does it open and more on the sly
But all of us likes to go boozin'
What do the Salvation Army shoot down?
Boozin', jolly well boozin'
What are they preaching in every town?
Boozin', jolly well boozin'
What they preach, they don't practice, of that there's no doubt
For at the street corners they stand and they shout
But what are they doing when their lights are gone out
Boozin', jolly well boozin'
Boozin', boozin' when you are dry
Boozin', boozin' suits you and I
Some does it open and more on the sly
But all of us likes to go boozin'