The Card Cheat Lyrics

Lyric discussion by cardcheat 

Cover art for The Card Cheat lyrics by Clash, The

This is one of my favorites from London Calling. And I believe it is a Mick tune. I've always loved the line "from the Hundred Years War to the Crimea, with the lance, and the musket, and the Roman Spear". I think this refers to people being the same and doing the same things (making the same mistakes) no matter what time they lived in.