Good luck on your first job my dear
I'll be waiting for you 'ere, when you come 'ome, (er-er-er-er-er-er)

You can go but be back soon, You can go but while you're working
This place I'm pacing round, until you're 'ome safe and sound

Very well, but be back soon, who can tell the dangers lurking
Do not forget this tune, be back soon

How could we forget, how could we let
Our dear old vagan worry, we love him so
We'll come back home in oh such a great big hurry

It's him who plays the piper, it's us that pipes his tune
So long, very well, pip pip cheerio, we'll be back soon

You can go but be back soon, you can go but bring back plenty
Of porkered hankerchieves and you should be clever thieves

Whip it quick and be back soon, there's a sixpence 'ere for twenty
Ain't that a lovely tune, be back soon

Our pockets 'ill hold a watch of gold that chimes upon the hour
A wallet fat, an old man's hat, The crown jewels from the tower
We know their both big runners, But they don't know this tune
So long, very well, pip pip cheerio, we'll be back soon

Cheerio but be back soon, I don't know, somehow I'll miss you
I love you, that's why I, say cheerio, not goodbye
Don't be gone long, be back soon, give me one long last look, bless you
Remember our ol' tu-une, be back soon

We must disappear, we'll be back here, today, perhaps tomorrow
We'll miss you too, it's sad but true, that parting is such sweet sorrow
And when we're in the distance you'll hear this whispered tune
So long, very well, pip pip cheerio, We'll be back soon

We must dissappear, we'll be back here (Cheerio, but be back soon)
Today, perhaps tomorrow (I don't know, but somehow I'll miss you)
We'll miss you too, it's sad but true (I love you, that's why I)
That parting is such sweet sorrow (say cheerio, not goodbye)
And when we're in the distance (Don't be gone long, be back soon)
You'll hear this whispered tune (Give me one long last look, bless you
So long, very well, pip pip cheerio (Remember our ol' tu-une)
We'll be back soon (Be back soon)

And when your in the distance you'll hear this whispered tune
So long, very well, pip pip cheerio, we'll be back soon (be back soon)
So long, very well, pip pip cheerio, we'll be back soon (we'll be back soon)
So long, very well, pip pip cheerio, we'll be back soon (be back soon)