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Sup up your beer and collect your fags
There's a row going on down near Slough
Get out your mat and pray to the west
I'll get out mine and pray for myself
Thought you were smart when you took them on
But you didn't take a peep in their artillery room
All that rugby puts hairs on your chest
What chance have you got against a tie and a crest?
Hello-hooray, what a nice day for the Eton rifles, Eton rifles
Hello-hooray, I hope rain stops play (oh) with the Eton rifles, Eton rifles
Thought you were clever when you lit the fuse
Tore down the House of Commons in your brand new shoes
Composed a revolutionary symphony
Then went to bed with a charming young thing

Hello-hooray, cheers then mate, its the Eton rifles, Eton rifles
Hello-hooray, an extremist scrape (oh) with the Eton rifles, Eton rifles
What a catalyst you turned out to be
Loaded the guns then you ran off home for your tea
Left me standing like a guilty schoolboy
What a catalyst you turned out to be
Loaded the guns then you ran off home for your tea
Left me standing like a naughty schoolboy
We came out of it naturally the worst
Beaten and bloody and I was sick down my shirt
We were no match for their untamed wit
Though some of the lads said they'll be back next week
Hello-hooray, there's a price to pay (oh) to the Eton rifles, Eton rifles
Hello-hooray, I'd prefer the plague (oh) to the Eton rifles, Eton rifles
Hello-hooray, there's a price to pay (oh) to the Eton rifles, Eton rifles
Hello-hooray, I'd prefer the plague (oh) to the Eton rifles, Eton rifles
Eton rifles, Eton rifles
Eton rifles, Eton rifles
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The Jam was a punk/mod revival group formed in Woking, England in 1972 consisting of Paul Weller (vocals, guitar), Bruce Foxton (bass, vocals) and Rick Buckler (drums). The band split in 1982. The band released six albums and had 18 consecutive Top 40 hits in the United Kingdom between 1977 and 1982, including four #1 singles (Going Underground, Start!, Town Called Malice and Beat Surrender). Their singles "That's Entertainment" and "Just Who Is the Five O'Clock Hero" are the best selling import singles in UK history.

The band drew upon a variety of stylistic influences over the course of their career, including 1960s beat music, soul, rhythm and blues and psychedelic rock, as well as 1970s punk and new wave. The trio was known for its melodic pop songs, its distinctly English flavour and its mod image. The band launched the career of Paul Weller, who went on to form The Style Council and later had a successful solo career. Weller wrote and sang most of The Jam’s original compositions, and he played lead guitar, using a Rickenbacker. Bruce Foxton provided backing vocals and prominent basslines, which were the foundation of many of the band’s songs, including the hits "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight", "The Eton Rifles", "Going Underground" and "Town Called Malice".

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