The Soldiers of the Old Home Guard

&nbsp The Soldiers of the Old Home Guard is song from Bedknobs and Broomsticks, written by Robert Sherman and Richard Sherman.

They’re sailing for England Oh! What a shame! Someone is after our island again We’ll let them have it… Oh, yes we will! But maybe they won’t want it when they get the bill! For we wrote the stories of the old brigades We know the glory of yesterday’s parades We’re celebrating yard by yard The soldiers of the old home guard! We Will! The soldiers of the old home guard!

Call out the navy, call out the ranks Call out the air force, call out the tanks. From the cliffs of Dover call up the gulls And don’t forget the loyal territorials!

But, who’s sticking in here? Who will defend every inch of England no matter what they send? Who’s standing firm in our own front yard? The soldiers of the old home guard That’s Who! The soldiers of the old home guard

For we wrote the stories of the old brigades We know the glory of yesterday’s parades Who’s standing firm in our own front yard? The soldiers of the old home guard That’s Who! The soldiers of the old home guard