Be Back Soon

Line up! (Line up!)
Single file! (Single file!)
Present arms!
Left! (Kick!)
Right! (Kick!)
Oi-oi!

You can go, but be back soon
You can go, but while you're working
This place I'm pacing round
Until you're home, safe and sound
Fare-thee-well, but be back soon
Who can tell where danger's lurking?
Do not forget this tune
Be back soon!

How could we forget?
How could we let
Our dear old Fagin worry?
We love him so
We'll come back home
In oh-such a great big hurry
It's him that pays the piper
It's us that pipes his tune

So long, fare-thee-well
Pip-pip, cheerio
We'll be back soon!

You can go, but be back soon
You can go, but bring back plenty
Of pocket handkerchiefs
And you should be clever thieves
Whippet-quick, and be back soon
There's a sixpence here for 20
Ain't that a lovely tune?
Be back soon!

Our pockets'll hold
A watch of gold
That chimes upon the hour
A wallet fat
An old man's hat
The crown jewels from the tower
We know the Bow Street Runners
But they don't know this tune

So long, fare-thee-well
Pip-pip, cheerio
We'll be back soon!

Cheerio, but be back soon
I don't know, somehow I'll miss you
I love you, that's why I
Say cheerio, not goodbye
Don't be gone long, be back soon
Give me one long last look, bless you!
Remember our old tune
Be back soon!

We must disappear
We'll be back here
Today, perhaps tomorrow
We'll miss you too
It's sad but true
The parting is such sweet sorrow!
And when we're in the distance
You'll hear this whispered tune

So long, fare-thee-well
Pip-pip, cheerio
We'll be back soon!

Cheerio, but be back soon
I don't know, somehow I'll miss you
I love you, that's why I
Say cheerio, not goodbye
Don't be gone long, be back soon
Give me one long last look, bless you
Remember our old tune
Be back soon!

And when we're in the distance
You'll hear this whispered tune
So long, fare-thee-well
Pip-pip, cheerio
We'll be back soon!
So long, fare-thee-well
Pip-pip, cheerio
We'll be back soon!
So long, fare-thee-well
Pip-pip, cheerio
We'll be back soon!



Credits
Writer(s): Lionel Bart
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

Link