My Tunic Is Out at the Elbows

DESCRIPTION: "My tunic is out at the elbows, My trousers are out at the knee, My puttees are ragged and frazzled, but QM does nothing for me." "My tummy knocks hard on my backbone... Still all we get handed at mealtimes Is bully and Maconochie"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2001 (Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver)
KEYWORDS: war soldier hardtimes clothes food
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver, p. 55, "My Tunic Is Out at the Elbows" (1 text, tune referenced)
ADDITIONAL: John Mullen, _The Show Must Go On! Popular Song in Britain during the First World War_, French edition 2012; English edition, Ashgate, 2015, p. 206, "(My tunic is out at the elbows)" (1 excerpt)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" (tune) and references there
cf. "Where Are Our Uniforms?" (subject: World War I supply problems)
File: AWTB055A

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