Night Was Dark and the War Was Over, The

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "The night was dark, the war was over, The battlefield was soaked in blood, And there I saw a wounded soldier, A-lying, dying, as he said, God bless my life and dear old Scotland... God bless the men... holding up the Union Jack"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1960 (Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: jumprope soldier death
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #394, "The night was dark and the war was over" (1 text)
Roud #18312
File: AJRR394

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