You'll Never Beat The Zouaves

Part 2

In 18-31 the French had a great idea

To create a troop of heroes
from Morocco and Algier
it wasn’t long till Europeans joined that gallant band
with jackets blue and trousers red
they went off to make their stand

Burning,  plund’ring faugh a balla clear the way
cheating stealing diddle idle de
ducking diving faugh a bala clear the way
diddlily i dle de di diddly idle do

Then during the Crimean war

‘twas us who won the day
at Balaclava and Sevastopol
we made it all the way
the Russians and the Brits stood there looking like big fools
the Zouave boys fought brave and won
and send the Cossacks on the run

You'll never beat the Zouaves
no matter what you do
you can put us down and keep us out
but we'll come back again
you know we are the fighting Zouaves
and we'll fight until the end
you should have known
you'll never beat the Zouaves

Then Bismarck and the Prussians came
to unite their native land
but when they came to fight ‘gainst us

We disappeared like sand
the Swiss supported our retreat
through the mountains wild and high
and Bismarck was already old
we thought he’d never die

Murder plunder faugh a balla clear the way
cheating stealing diddle idle de
ducking diving faugh a bala clear the way
diddlily i dle de di diddly idle do

The Germans came to us again

in the year 19-14
they thought that their past victories

again there would be seen

We stood our ground and held them back
till our friends joined in the club
the British and the Belgians fought

While we were in the pub

You'll never beat the Zouaves
no matter what you do
you can kill us off and put us down
but we'll come back again
we are the fighting Zouaves
we'll fight until the end
you know you should've known
You'd never beat the Zouaves

Murder plunder faugh a balla clear the way
cheating stealing diddle idle de
ducking diving faugh a bala clear the way
diddlily i dle de di diddly idle do