The Leaving of Leipzig Up rolls the coach and all Leipzig shakes, It stops with a shudder and a screeching of brakes The parting has come and our drunken heads ache, We're leaving to wind our way home. Our luggage is lifted and stuffed in the bus, and Keith is packed too without any fuss, And stumpy is loaded by the Red Cross, We're leaving to wind our way home. Chorus: And march on weary soldiers, With our backpacks on our shoulders, It's quicker on your feet, Than travelling home by bus. The coach stumbles off and the sun's shining bright Should we go left here, or do we go right? And a three hour trip lasts well into the night, We're struggling to make our way home. And finally we turn up at the hotel, Are we back in Leipzig or is this really Kassel? Up early tomorrow, so eat up your meal, Schnell! ! We're struggling to make our way home. Chorus So we're up at six for the six-30 call, ut within seven miles the bus starts to stall, The clutch has just gone, We're not moving at all, Will we ever find our way home? Now it's good to remember the great time we've had, Our Dicky froze stiff, Though it isn't so bad, With no Deutschmarks between us, Send Mark out to beg, We're determined to make our way home. Chorus The battles were loud but they filled us with pride Especially when shouting at our own bloody side, By winning the battle we put history right, Will they ever let us go home? With Richard now boasting a third cannon ball, And Jim nearly drowned in a great waterfall, We made a Czech mate, and we out drank them all, Do we ever want to go home? Chorus We were left in a layby with grumbles abound, So we promptly set fire to a kiddies playground, But with Perkins the fireman to piddle it out, Will they ever let us go home? Now the evening has come and we're back int' hotel, With the bits of the bus spread allover Kassel, We could stay here for Christmas and New Year as well, (Jingle bus, jingle bus, jingle all the way. ..) Do we ever want to go home? Chorus And as the bars open again, The invasion of Kassel, begins, and then, Jim finds Brun Hilda waiting for him, Luring him back to her home. And as the pipes are playing them back, All but one are alone in the sack, Is it love that he's found, or is it the clap, Do we ever want to go home? And now it's Wednesd'y with the bus in one piece, The hotel staff said goodbye with a sigh of relief And we boarded the bus in profound disbelief, That we're possibly on our way home! Chorus Repeat last two lines of the chorus to finish. Van Haaster-Page Productions. (Slightly altered)