Eton Boys - 1930

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 16 Sept 2001

By the door of a cottage a villager stood,
his pale face a picture of woe.
"I can't pay the rent,"
he cried with a sob,
"So off to the work house I'll go!
Tho' I can't complain if my landlord is harsh,
he was brought up at Eton, they say.
And I'd rather be kicked by a gentleman born,
than smiled on by crude common clay."

Eton boys! Eton boys!
We're the boys of the good old school,
we play the game at baccarat or poker,
Polo, or pool,
But when the dear old country is in danger,
we can play that grim game too.
And we play it from the playing fields of Eton,
to the battlefields of Waterloo.

Eton boys! Eton boys!
We're the boys of the good old school,
we play the game at baccarat or poker,
Polo, or pool,
But when the dear old country is in danger,
we can play that grim game too.
And we play it from the playing fields of Eton,
to the battlefields of Waterloo.

In the glow of a miner's camp fire
there he stood, a monocle fixed in his eye,
"Tho' I've robbed all the boys in the camp,"
he confessed, "I can't be a cad if I try,
Tho' I've stolen the gold
you have won from the soil,
Tho' I've kidnapped your daughters and wives.
You have this satisfaction
that blue blood will tell,
for an Eton boy's ruined your lives."

Eton boys! Eton boys!
We're the boys of the good old school,
we play the game at baccarat or poker,
Polo, or pool,
But when the dear old country is in danger,
we can play that grim game too.
And we play it from the playing fields of Eton,
to the battlefields of Waterloo.

Eton boys! Eton boys!
We're the boys of the good old school,
we play the game at baccarat or poker,
Polo, or pool,
But when the dear old country is in danger,
we can play that grim game too.
And we play it from the playing fields of Eton,
to the battlefields of Waterloo.

The liner was sinking; the captain cried:
"Lads! It's each man for himself,
as you know,
there's a place in the boat
for a woman and child,
but a welldressed young man cried out:
"No! That place in the boat
is reserved for myself,
the woman and child, they must die.
For the Empire
has more need of me than of them,
for I'm wearing the old Eton tie."

Eton boys! Eton boys!
We're the boys of the good old school,
we play the game at baccarat or poker,
Polo, or pool,
But when the dear old country is in danger,
we can play that grim game too.
And we play it from the playing fields of Eton,
to the battlefields of Waterloo.

Eton boys! Eton boys!
We're the boys of the good old school,
we play the game at baccarat or poker,
Polo, or pool,
But when the dear old country is in danger,
we can play that grim game too.
And we play it from the playing fields of Eton,
to the battlefields of Waterloo.

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Eton Boys 1930

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Eton Boys 1930
by Nathaniel Gubbins
© MCMXXX The Lawrence Wright Music Co., London
seqeunced for Piano by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Sunday 16 Sept 2001 at 00.08
in association with Doug Grierson
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© James Pitt-Payne, London UK, 2001
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