John Edmond - Bailey's Bloody Bush Babes Lyrics

There was a man called Bailey
Who rode a Chevrolet
Armed with a Vickers machinegun
But it wasn't in L.A.

'Twas in the north of Africa
In the Second Great World War
That raged from 1939 to 1944

He was in the long-range desert group
The LRDG
Reconnaissance and sabotage their speciality

They cased Rommel that old desert fox
Who fought with Italy
Commander of the German Africa Corps and the Panzer Company

Bailey served Rhodesia
When that war was through
Then a war of terror
In his own land began to brew

He knew that in any war
The enemy stays the same
Trained a tracking unit
To play them at their game

He needed a special kind of man
Soldier or a volunteer
Doctor, lawyer, farmer, clerk
No matter their career

From there the police anti-terrorist unit, it was raised
They were known as PATU
But they were Bailey's bloody bush babes

You got to know how to read a track
You got to know how to carry a pack
You got to know how to crawl or walk
You got to know when not to talk

It's gonna be rough, it's gonna be tough
No glorious accolades
Join, you might just lose your life
Be one of Bailey's bloody bush babes

There's tsetse fly, mosquito, lion, croc and buffalo
Learn when to fire or retire
There's no radio

A special man lives off the land
Knows how to survive
No clink of weapon, smoke or talk
Take a man alive

A prisoner has got info
His corpse is no damn use
Interrogate him gently
Until his tongue gets loose

All creeds and colours served
Life sacrifices made
The honour roves his path too
But they were Bailey's bloody bush babes

You got to know how to read a track
You got to know how to carry a pack
You got to know how to crawl or walk
You got to know when not to talk

It's gonna be rough, it's gonna be tough
No glorious accolades
Join, you might just lose your life
Be one of Bailey's bloody bush babes

You got to know how to read a track
You got to know how to carry a pack
You got to know how to crawl or walk
You got to know when not to talk

It's gonna be rough, it's gonna be tough
No glorious accolades
Join, you might just lose your life
Be one of Bailey's bloody bush babes