Bill Fay Gentle Willie song lyrics

Willie was a sailor

He sailed on the sea

And Willie said a sailor's life

Is the life for me

But they sent him into battle

For to lay down his life

And Willie said a sailor's life is not for me

So Willie joined the air force

He learnt how to fly

And Willie said how happy

He was flying in the sky

But they sent him into battle

For to lay down his life

And Willie said the air force is no life for me

Now Willie got to thinking

People were plotting for his life

So he bought himself a watchtower

And locked himself inside

But the tower looked o'er a battlefield

Where men laid down their lives

And Willie had to laugh but then he cried