F.c.a. Lyrics - Saw Doctors

When I signed on 

I was sixteen 

Had to lie about my age 

Had me hair cut short already 

At the time 'twas all the rage 

I heard so many stories 

About the crack in Mullingar 

And the glen ablow in Wicklow 

Keepin watch under the stars 

I was bored, broke, oblivious 

So I joined the F.C.A. 

I got fitted for the uniform 

One sunny summers night 

The trousers never fitted 

And the beret was'nt right 

But the boots were strong and powerful 

I still have them to this day 

Though the shine is long deserted 

They still keep out the rain 

I was bored, broke, oblivious 

So I joined the F.C.A. 

The tightest trousers 

Come from Tuam 

In Milltown they have 

No ballroom 

Oh I was so drunk and 

disorderly 

I don't know what I did 

But I have the strangest 

feeling 

I owe Tom Wholihan 25 quid 

I was bored, broke, oblivious 

So I joined the F.C.A. 

The night before we left 

I met my favourite girl uptown 

I felt like I was leaving 

For some war on foreign ground 

We promised love, kissed goodbye 

Like we never did before 

For the cause of Mother Ireland 

She could'nt have dunmore 

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