Salonika

[Verse 1] Ah, me husband's in Salonika, I wonder if he's dead I wonder if he knows he has a kid with a poxy head? So write away, so write away So write away Salonika, write away me soldier boy [Verse 2] And when the war is over, what will the soldiers do? They'll be hoppin' around with a leg and a half but the Slackers, we'll have two So write away, so write away So write away Salonika, write away me soldier boy [Verse 3] And when the war is over, what will the Slackers do? We'll be all around the soldiers for the loan of a bob or two So write away, so write away So write away Salonika, write away me soldier boy [Verse 4] Well at first they tax the sugar, and then they tax the tea And then they brought conscript-tion and took me man away So write away, so write away So write away Salonika, write away me soldier boy [Verse 5] Ah they tax the pound of butter, they tax the ha'penny bun But still with all their taxes they can't beat the bleedin' hun So write away, so write away So write away Salonika, write away me soldier boy [Instrumental Break] [Verse 6] And when the war is over, what will the Slackers do? For every kid in America in Dublin there'll be two So write away, so write away So write away Salonika, write away me soldier boy [Verse 7] For they takes us up the Phoeno, and lays us on the grass They puts us in the family way then leaves us on our ass So write away, so write away So write away Salonika, write away me soldier boy [Verse 8] Well there's lino in the parlour and in the kitchen too A glass back chiffonier that we got from Dicky Glue So write away, so write away So write away Salonika, write away me soldier boy [Verse 9] Oh and never marry a copper, a soldier or a marine Politician, or a banker, ladies, keep your conscience clean So write away, so write away So write away Salonika, write away me soldier boy [Instrumental Break] [Verse 10] Ah me husband's in Salonika, I wonder if he's dead I wonder if he knows he has a kid with a poxy head? So write away, so write away So write away Salonika, write away me soldier boy