Call up the groups (1964) (video)

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Let them call up the other groups, we think it's a great idea !

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1. Send the Searchers to Algiers for another hundred years,

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let's wish them luck in their new career ! + A ~ ~

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We send them away to earn their pay, what a place it was,

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and they knew, they had to go away,

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and get down on their knees to earn their pay,

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and they queued all day : Oh, yes, we will, Sir !

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We'll clean those hutments and tinware, yes, Sir !

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2. There's a little town in Cyprus, there's hanging out the streamers

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to welcome the arrival of Freddie and the Dreamers ! + F - C - G

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I could never be a corporal in the cavalry.

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Please, don't pick on me, I am only five foot three.

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Now, I don't like the army life, the airforce don't like me,

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now, I can't join the navy, 'cause I get sick at sea.

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3. Freddie has gone away, hip, hip, hooray.....y !

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Next in line we were dreaming, maybe

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the Rolling Stones would be fit for the navy. + C ~ ~

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We don't want to join the Royal Navy,

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we don't want to go to Hong Kong.

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We won't have our hair cut baby, we wanna keep it long.

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We wanna keep it long, we wanna keep it long !

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We wanna keep it long, we wanna keep it long !

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4. The Searchers are still searching, Freddie is still dreaming,

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but the Stones go rolling along.

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Just to even up the store we can soon dig up some more,

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the Bachelors are looking very strong !

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Wait for m.......e, my Diane !

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Now I only have two years to go (years to go),

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wait for m.......e, my Diane (my Diane).

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Now I only have two stripes to show,

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wait for me, my Diane, my Diane, my Diane !

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5. We have heard from secret sources,

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there's a group, ideal for the forces,

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if the call up, they revive, this could be heard from the Dave Clark Five.

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All the distance, boots and whiskers,

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we've been marching day and night.

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All the distance, boots and whiskers,

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we can't tell a left foot from a right.

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All the distance, boots and whiskers,

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we've been sent to far off land.

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All the distance, boots and whiskers,

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we went home doing one night stands.

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6. There's just one group that we'd left out, they're four talented people,

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when they're on stage they twist and shout. Who is it ?

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Well, I got this rifle now (rifle now),

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I had to shake it about (shake it about),

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because I got a bullet stuck (bullet stuck)

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up the sprout (up the sprout) ! Bang, oooh, aaah !

+ There's one small thing we don't want them to do,

that's make them join the forces, too.

(The Barron Knights)