I don’t want to be a soldier,
I don’t want to go to war.
I’d rather stay at home,
Around the streets to roam,
And live on the earnings of a well paid whore.
I don’t want a bayonet up my arse-hole,
I don’t want my bollocks shot away.
I’d rather stay in England,
In merry merry England,
And fuck my bloody life away.

Readings

I Don't Want To Be a Soldier read by Robert Hardy
I Don't Want To Be a Soldier read by Tom Burke
I Don't Want To Be a Soldier read by Rupert Evans
I Don't Want To Be a Soldier read by Charles Dance
I Don't Want To Be a Soldier read by Rupert Evans
Select reading
I Don't Want To Be a Soldier read by Robert Hardy
I Don't Want To Be a Soldier read by Tom Burke
I Don't Want To Be a Soldier read by Rupert Evans
I Don't Want To Be a Soldier read by Charles Dance
I Don't Want To Be a Soldier read by Rupert Evans
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