Who or what is Oliver's Army?

Question

I think it has to do with the fighting between Irish & English.

Answer 1

Oliver Cromwell I think.
It's also a great Elvis Costello song.

Answer 2

Correct that it refers to the historical army set up under the Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell. It was NOT the first professional army in the history of England, that honour goes to the Huscarls who fought with the king, Harold who, by the way, was the last ENGLISH king in the history of Britain.
I have always thought that Oliver Cromwell made two mistakes. One was invading Ireland. The second was stopping at one head. If he had done the lot we would still be a republic.

Answer 3

is a song written by Elvis Costello, originally performed by Elvis Costello and the Attractions and appearing on the album Armed Forces in 1979.

Written after the author visited Belfast in Northern Ireland, it criticises the British Army for targeting disadvantaged young men leaving secondary school (when the song was written in the late 1970s, Britain had a high unemployment rate). The title refers to Oliver Cromwell, who as Protector of the Commonwealth created the New Model Army, an earlier version of the modern British Army. The song also mentions specific "trouble spots" in the world, such as South Africa (at the time experiencing turmoil over Apartheid), Palestine and Hong Kong, Costello also included the controversial lyric "Only takes one itchy trigger/One more widow, one less white ******".

Answer 4

Oliver Cromwell fighting the Irish

Answer 5

It's A song. Here is the lyrics to it from the internet.

Oliver's Army
Don't start me talking
I could talk all night
My mind goes sleepwalking
While I'm putting the world to right
Called careers information
Have you got yourself an occupation?

Oliver's army is here to stay
Oliver's army are on their way
And I would rather be anywhere else
But here today

There was a checkpoint Charlie
He didn't crack a smile
But it's no laughing party
When you've been on the murder mile

Only takes one itchy trigger
One more widow, one less white ******

(Chorus)

Hong Kong is up for grabs
London is full of Arabs
We could be in Palestine
Overrun by a Chinese line
With the boys from the Mersey and the Thames and the Tyne

But there's no danger
It's a professional career
Though it could be arranged
With just a word in Mr. Churchill's ear

If you're out of luck or out of work
We could send you to Johannesburg

(Chorus)

Answer 6

a song by elvis costello. The title refers to Oliver Cromwell, who as Protector of the Commonwealth created the New Model Army, an earlier version of the modern British Army.

Answer 7

The first professional army fielded by England was created by Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector during the Protectorate. This was Oliver's army, and it came to be a general term for the idea of a professionalized, career army in the UK.

Answer 8

The army of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of Britain. He was a staunch Puritan and when he came to control England he crushed Scotland and Ireland many times probably because he was Catholic

Answer 9

It refers to Oliver Cromwell and reference to the NEW MODEL ARMY he introduced, the Round-heads against Cavilers, in the English Civil War.

Answer 10

The round hats. Great men under Oliver Cromwell and his Republic. Too bad he died...