Overture / The Old Home Guard

They're sailing for England
Oh, what a shame
Someone is after our island again
We'll let them have it
Oh, yes we will
But maybe they won't want it when they get the bill
For we wrote the story of the old brigades
We know the glory of yesterday's parades
We'll sell Old Blighty yard by yard
They'll buy it from the old home guard! They will!
They'll buy it from the old home guard

Call out the navy, call out the ranks
Call out the air force, call out the tanks
From the cliffs of Dover call up the gulls
And don't forget the loyal territorials

But, who's sticking in here? Who will defend
Every inch of England no matter what they send
Who's standing firm in our own front yard
The soldiers of the old home guard
That's who
The soldiers of the old home guard

For we wrote the story of the old brigades
We know the glory of yesterday's parades
Who's standing firm in our own front yard
The soldiers of the old home guard
That's who
The soldiers of the old home guard