The name we gave our polo shirts, would really make you smile
We never had to wash them, till they’d done a thousand mile
We used them for our weekend leave to near or even far
We used them when we travelled on leave, by train or even car
The tannoy used to broadcast a voice that used to say
Liberty men to muster, by the forward port gangway
This favourite shirt, a pair of slacks with clean and shiny shoes
Happy jack would wander off, to dispel those weekday blues
Weekend leave was also known as a Friday Whiler
The shirt of course it was known as a THOUSAND MILER
