I was a miner, I was a docker, I was a railway man / Between the wars / I raised the family in times of austerity / With sweat at the foundry / Between the wars
I paid the union and as times got harder / I looked to the government to help the working man / But they brought prosperity down at the armory / We’re arming for peace, me boys / Between the wars
I kept the faith and I kept voting / Not for the iron fist / But for the helping hand / For theirs is a land with a wall around it / And mine is a faith in my fellow man
Theirs is a land of hope and glory / Mine is the green field and the factory floor / Theirs are the skies all dark with bombers / And mine is the peace we knew / Between the wars
Call up the craftsmen / Bring me the draftsmen / Build me a path from cradle to grave / And I’ll give my consent to any government / That does not deny a man a living wage
Go find the young men never to fight again / Bring up the banners from the days gone by / Sweet moderation, heart of this Nation / Desert us not, we are / Between the wars

[By Billy Bragg © Go! Discs, 1985]