There was Robbie Jones   He used to walk so tall    You know he'd hurt no one at all    Chased the girls around the world    Danced them round the dance halls    We'd have a drink and then he'd sink    Into nostalgic talk    We carried him home in the fallen snow    When he was too drunk to walk    Then came the day    We were sent away    We got our papers    Posted trough the door    And sent off to war    Dear old Tom    He'd sing a song and he'd play the guitar    He'd tell you all the stories    Of his travels near and far    Signed up one day to learn a trade   But that dream didn't go far    He'd be fighting Argentinians    With his gun not his guitar    He used to walk so tall    You know he'd hurt no one at all    Chased the girls around the world    Danced them round the dance halls    We'd have a drink and then he'd sink    Into nostalgic talk    We carried him home in the fallen snow    When he was too drunk to walk       Then came the day    We were sent away    We got our papers    Posted trough the door    And sent off to war       Dear old Tom    He'd sing a song and he'd play the guitar    He'd tell you all the stories    Of his travels near and far    Signed up one day to learn a trade    But that dream didn't go far    He'd be fighting Argentinians    With his gun not his guitar