When I was young I had a twist of punching babies with me fist And I thought I would enlist and join the british army. Too ra loo ra loo ra loo, they're looking for monkeys up in the zoo If I had a face like you, I would join the British army. When I was young I used to be as fine a man as ever you'd see; The Prince of Wales, he said to me, "Come and join the British army." Sarah Camdon baked a cake; it was all for poor old Slattery's sake. I threw meself into the lake, pretending I was balmy. Corporal Duff's got such a drought, just give him a couple of jars of stout; He'll kill the enemy with his mouth and save the British Army. Too ra loo ra loo ra loo, Me curse is on the Labour crew; They took your darling boy from you to join the British army. Captain Heeley went away and his wife got in the family way, And all the words that she would say was "Blame the British Army." Too ra loo ra loo ra loo, I've made me mind up what to do I'll work my ticket home to you and leave the British army. please log in to view this image
sorry dev .. i know you wer in the army but id phrase it .. some good apples in the barrell doesnt save the barrell. if that makes sense
the monarchy are just ****s, the british army have on numerous occasions from when i was a baby right up been involved in nonsenseical stop and search of my parents and me as a child any time we were up north visiting relatives ... irish reg car banker for the whole family to be searched. i remember they opened my sisters baby food and ran there filthy fingers through it before returning it as if it was gonna be used after that
I thought more like 800-900 when the kings of York moved in? Oh well, you know what they say: "possession is nine tenths of the law".
Not very nice to spoil your sisters lunch, you do understand that they were there trying to keep the peace don't you? I would have pulled the troops out myself but then I'm not nice. Anyway, gotta go, catch you guys later.
But that doesn't appear to be what you are saying? There are far fewer Bad Appples than is the misconception. Your experience may be soured by what you witnessed but I have never allowed myself to think that way, If I had I could never have served in NI and accepted everyone for what they were. In my experience, the vast majority of soldiers were decent upstanding people who wanted nothing but peace, same as the vast majority of the population of Northern Ireland. I don't see the point in a full blown debate as we are probably both deeply entrenched in our beliefs, it's an argument without end.
trying to keep the peace by opening sealed food bought in a supermarket, hmm cos milupa were well known for there semtex cereals
I'm not on about every single soldier , I'm on about the army as an institution or whatever the correct term would be. And like you said it is soured by some of the things I've witnessed. But that wasn't the point of the thread. The song is light hearted banter in fairness, it's just the debate has gotten dragged to this level now.
The army as an institution is constantly evolving, in the past it was an Imperial tool, it's not been that way for a very long time. In the past only people of high standing would receive a commission, it's not been like that for a very long time either. I speak through personal experience that I was under no orders to discriminate, to pick on or single out any race or creed for selective treatment, we also had it drilled into us that if we fired a shot, threw a punch or chucked a milk carton that we would answer for it. Personally. There are several cases where individual soldiers were directly to blame for fatalities in NI and on the whole they were punished, maybe not always harshly enough, but considering the total amount of troops who served in NI over the years there were very few rogue elements. I once heard it said had any other less well-disciplined army in the world been sent to Northern Ireland then there would have been far more civilian casualties. I think that's as true today as it has been for a very long time.
