Cheer up you bums whatever comes
Just keep your chins up high
Help your chums and raise your thumbs
Let good cheer be your battle cry
This cussed war will soon be over
And sickness left behind
You'll hear no more the bombers roar
And peace at home you'll find
Just think of life with home and wife
And children round the door
Where surgeons knives and wounds and strifes
Can trouble you no more
You've got the guts you bunch of nuts
You jolly leather-necked Canucks
Life's full of ruts and kicks and cuts
But ride no matter how she bucks
Your stay out here may be quite drear
And you think it's a rotten shame
But never fear there's love and cheer
For the man who plays the game
So look ahead tho you're in the red
You're too damn tough to die
You've faced hot lead, and you're still not dead
Your luck is riding high
Your belly's weak and diseases sneak
Upon you in the night
The Doctor speaks of your narrow squeak
And says you put up a good fight
So cheer up I say, there'll come a day
When dreams will all come true
And we'll all be gay when we sail away
To the loved ones of me and you
