A 1919 popular song from the end of WWI. Words and music by Nelson Jackson. Song suggested by Ross Boyle.
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Refrain
So cheer up, cheero, and let yourself go
It’s a long time you’ll be dead
We’ve lots to make us smile, you bet
We’ve Winston in the cabinet
To live we must contrive
Not underground to dive
We live in a land that is great and free
We’ve elected some funny old freaks M. P.
And a quid is worth just about nine and three
So, it’s good to be alive
Refrain
So cheer up, cheero, and let yourself go
It’s a long time you’ll be dead
We’ve lots to keep us out of bed
We’ve F. E. Smith – Lord Birkenhead
To live we should contrive
Not underground to dive
They’re taxing us now from the toes and shins
Right up to the neck and above the chins
And that’s how we’ll pay for the German sins
So it’s good to be alive
Refrain
So cheer up, cheero, and let yourself go
It’s a long time you’ll be dead
We’ve funds of mirth on which to draw
We’ve Bottomley, and Bonar Law
To live we should contrive
Not underground to dive
Lloyd George is a wizard from Wales, we know
And he certainly gives a surprising show
For he vanishes millions a week, and so
It’s good to be alive
Refrain
So cheer up, cheero, and let yourself go
It’s a long time you’ll be dead
We’ve lots to make us shout with glee
We’ve Asquith left to “wait and see”
To live we should contrive
Not underground to dive
What’s going to happen no one can tell
The whisky’s a wash-out, the beer’s a sell
And the funeral prices are up as well
So, it’s good to be alive