Auf Wiedersehen to Crossmaglen lyrics

[Chorus]
So auf wiedersehen to Crossmaglen
Farewell to Carrickmore!
I have seen enough of Ireland boys
And I won't be back for more!
And I won't be back for more...

[Verse 1]
The recruiting Sargent, he told me "son
Well, army life is fine!"
But he did not mention mortar bombs
Our bloody claymore mines!

[Chorus]
So auf wiedersehen to Crossmaglen
Farewell to Carrickmore!
I have seen enough of Ireland boys
And I won't be back for more!
And I won't be back for more...

[Verse 2]
Oh, they told me of the German girls
The discos every night!
Oh, but the only crack in South Armagh
Comes from an Armalite!
[Chorus]
So auf wiedersehen to Crossmaglen
Farewell to Carrickmore!
I have seen enough of Ireland boys
And I won't be back for more!
And I won't be back for more...

[Verse 3]
Well, I spent some time on the Toombe Bridge line
Where I thought I known no fear!
'Till a van-bomb parked outside our base
Brought the barracks in round our ears!

[Chorus]
So auf wiedersehen to Crossmaglen
Farewell to Carrickmore!
I have seen enough of Ireland boys
And I won't be back for more!
And I won't be back for more...

[Verse 4]
So farewell at last to West Belfast
To the markets and the falls!
Oh, I quickly got the message there
It was written on the wall! (Brits out!)
[Chorus]
So auf wiedersehen to Crossmaglen
Farewell to Carrickmore!
I have seen enough of Ireland boys
And I won't be back for more!
And I won't be back for more...

[Verse 5]
Now, all you young lads, though and England you'll be
Signing on the brew!
Oh, stay well way from the IRA
And they won't bother you!

[Chorus]
So auf wiedersehen to Crossmaglen
Farewell to Carrickmore!
I have seen enough of Ireland boys
And I won't be back for more!
And I won't be back for more...