Vulgar words in Barrack Room Ballads (Page 1)
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They'll turn us out at Portsmouth wharf in cold an' wet an' rain, All wearin' Injian cotton kit, but we will not complain; They'll kill us of pneumonia-for that's their little way- But damn the chills and fever, men, we're goin' 'ome to-day!
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To take your chance in the thick of a rush, with firing all about, Is nothing so bad when you've cover to 'and, an' leave an' likin' to shout; But to stand an' be still to the Birken'ead drill is a damn tough bullet to chew, An' they done it, the Jollies-'Er Majesty's Jollies- soldier an' sailor too!