Steel and Smoke (Extended 1)

Chorus

Rattle on, Vickers guns, steel and smoke all day

Belt-fed teeth of iron, keep the Nazis at bay

Through mud-churned trenches, never going to run

On the line forever, thunder from the Vickers gun

Post-Chorus

Oi oi oi!

Load it up, belt it out

Oi oi oi!

Verse 2

Sling it down on sandbags, barrel burning red

Crew of three just sticks it out, chucking lines of lead

Stamps of brass all piling up round boots caked with grit

Clatter from the breech, you’re alive if you don’t quit

Pre-Chorus

Old steel not failing, stay steady boys, don’t stall

Keep it moving, never jam, answer every call

Chorus

Rattle on, Vickers guns, steel and smoke all day

Belt-fed teeth of iron, keep the Nazis at bay

Through mud-churned trenches, never going to run

On the line forever, thunder from the Vickers gun

Post-Chorus

Oi oi oi!

Load it up, belt it out

Oi oi oi!