The Burnley Mashers

This song was reputedly sung by the Burnley Tommies during the war, can anyone confirm the words or does anyone know the tune ???

We’re known as the two Burnley mashers
We often go out on the mash
We wear our tall hats
with no shirts on our backs
its seldom we have any cash.

On Saturday we were invited
to a party by two ladies fair
Their cheeks were in bloom
like the roses in June
Its seldom we have any cares

We were dancing and drinking till midnight
On whiskey, tobacco, and rum
And then when the party was over
With the ladies we had lots of fun

And we sing tra la la
As we walk down the street
for style and fashion
we nare can be beat

All the ladies declare
that we are a treat
we’re the two Burnley mashers
from St.James's street

And we dance,tra la la la,and we sing
And we don’t care a jot
We’re a jolly fine lot
We're alright,when we're tight
And we're jolly fine company