Great anti-war songs

[Paul Rigby]

From The Jam’s glorious anti-war polemic, Setting Sons, released Nov 1979:

Little Boy Soldiers:

I'm up on the hills playing little boy soldiers,
Reconnaissance duty up at 5:30.
Shoot, shoot, shoot, and kill the natives,
You're one of us and we love you for that.
Think of honour, Queen and country.
You're a blessed son of the British Empire,
God's on our side and so is Washington.
Come out on the hills with the little boy soldiers.

Come on outside - I'll sing you a lullaby,
And tell the tale of how goodness prevailed.
We ruled the world - we killed and robbed,
The f**king lot - but we don't feel bad.
It was done beneath the flag of democracy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3C6-JxvN44

Eton Rifles:

Thought you were clever when you lift 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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MocmcPywqjU

It's not often one sees such a pithy summation of the history of the New Left.