What made good queen bess 
  
 such a great success? 
  
 what made wellington 
  
 do what he did at waterloo? 
  
  
  
 what makes every englishman 
  
 a fighter through and through? 
  
 it isn't roast beef, or ale, or home, or mother 
  
 it's just a little thing they sing to one another 
  
  
  
 stiff upper lip, stout fella 
  
 carry on, old fluff 
  
 chin up, keep muddling through 
  
  
  
 stiff upper lip, stout fella 
  
 when the going's rough 
  
 pip pip to old man trouble 
  
 and a toodly-oo too 
  
  
  
 carry on through thick and thin 
  
 if you feel you're in the right 
  
 does the fighting spirit win? 
  
 quite, quite, quite, quite, quite 
  
  
  
 stiff upper lip, stout fella 
  
 when you're in the stew 
  
 sober or blotto, this is your motto 
  
 keep muddling through 
  
  
  
 (instrumental bridge) 
  
  
  
 when a bounder starts to hiss 
  
 you must give him blow for blow 
  
 make the blighter say, "what's this? 
  
 `ullo, `ullo, `ullo, `ullo, `ullo" 
  
  
  
 stiff upper lip, stout fella 
  
 when you're in the stew 
  
 sober or blotto, this is your motto 
  
 keep muddling through 
  
  
  
 keep muddling through 
  
 keep muddling through 
  
 keep muddling through