Don't just cower like a shower when the bombs begin to loom. Stand firm, Stand firm
There will be a good four minutes to prepare your refuge room. Stand firm, Stand firm
For an early warning system will be broadcasting the news
So don't hang about Trafalgar Square or sprawl about the loos
And switch off all electric fires so as not to blow a fuse. And stand firm, stand firm

You will leave your bingo sessions, push aside your plate of chips. Stand firm, Stand firm
Pull your socks up, push your chest out and button up your lips. Stand firm, Stand firm
When you've switched off all your telly's and abandoned all your beer
Consult your local warden he will help allay your fear
And to deaden the explosion stick your fingers in your ear and stand firm, stand firm

For your children and their children and their children's children's sake. Stand firm, stand firm
There are all sorts of precautions that we all of us can take. Stand firm, stand firm
To show to the aggressor that the free man shall be free
Jump down into your hidey-hole make pots and pots of tea
And if you're caught out in the open just duck behind a tree But Stand firm, stand firm

Now a slit trench will protect you from the fallout and the blast, Stand firm, stand firm
But don't come out of hiding till the radiation's past, Stand firm, stand firm
With that sterling British grit that brought us through two world wars
We can whitewash all our windows and sandbag all our doors
And check our Geiger counter in our new brown paper drawers. And Stand firm, stand firm

So don't just cower like a shower when the bombs begin to burst. Stand firm, stand firm
There will be no need for panic if the worst comes to the worst. Stand firm, stand firm
We can make our contributions if we only keep our head
Try sweeping up the fallout or decontaminating bread
Or if it's rescuing survivors or burying the dead . Stand firm, stand firm.