Shirt of Blue

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Hey now Tommy, have you got a new shirt? Is its colour a fine bright blue? Has your mother sent you off to your school From the street with the pretty view? And shall we wrestle in the old school yard Like the other children do? We can scuff your shoes, you can tear your hands And I'll rip that shirt off you [Verse 2] Hey now Tommy, since you moved away They've taken our town and they've made it new Now there stands a chemical plant Where the cherry orchards grew And I married Lucy from the back of our class Who once wrote letters to you; We've got kids and we send 'em to school From the street with the pretty view [Chorus] Oh oh, in your shirt of blue Oh oh, in your shirt of blue [Middle-eight] Maybe, Tommy You grew up too quick From the fields Where the flowers grew From a butterfly stick To a baton and a brick Changing uniforms Far too soon [Verse 3] Hey now, Tommy, shall we meet again In the morning wet with dew? Me at the gates of the colliery You in your shirt of blue And shall we wrestle in the muddy patch Like the other poor men do? We can scuff our boots, we can tear our hands And I'll rip that shirt off you [Chorus] [Middle-eight] [Chorus]x3