billy ran around with the rare old crew. and he knew an arsenal from tottenham blue we`d be a darn sight better off if we knew where billy`s bones are resting now billy saw a copper and he hit him in the knee took him down from six foot to five foot three then he hit him fair and square in the do-re-me that copper won`t be having any family hey billy son where are you now, don`t you know that we need you now with aratata and the old kow-tow where are billy`s bones resting now billy went away with the peace keeping force `cause he liked a bloddy good fight of course went away in an old khaki van to the banks of the river jordan billy saw the arabs and he had`em on the run when he got`em in the range of his sub machine gun then he got the israelis in his sights, went ra-ta-ta and they ran like shi-ites hey billy son where are you now, one night billy had a rare old time, laughing and singing on the lebanon line came back to camp not looking too pretty never even got to see the holy city now billy`s out there in the desert sun and his mother cries when the morning comes and there`s mother`s crying all over the world, for their poor dead darling boys and girls hey billy son where are you now, born on a monday, married on a tuesday, drunk on a wednesday, got plugged on a thursday, sick on a friday, died on a saturday, buried on sunday