There's an epidemic
  Stirring passions in young hearts
  Even the old campaigners
  Have got it really bad
  Well we ain't seen nothing like it
  Since coronation day
  But when the street parties sound
  I'm going underground
  To keep the rabid hounds at bay
  Oh my my this war dance
  A patriotic romance
  No we ain't seen nothing like it
  Since coronation day
  But when the tickatape flies
  And blood is on the rise
  You know it's got you in its sway
  You got yourself a war dance
  There's a cheap sensation
  Keeping Fleet Street wide awake
  Everyone wants a slice of
  The jingoistic cake
  And they're resurrecting Churchill
  And bringing national service back
  Fueling power and glory fever
  Makes for a sicker Union Jack
  Yes I'm talking about this war dance
  A patriotic romance
  And I know all you poets
  Have seen it all before
  About the stirring of those young hearts
  Back in the first world war
  Oh my my this war dance...