Keep Your Head Down, Allemand

DESCRIPTION: "Keep your head down, Allemand (x2), Last night, in the pale moonlight, We saw you, we saw you, You were mending broken wire, When we opened rapid fire, If you want to see your father in that Fatherland, keep your head down, Allemand."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2001 (Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver)
KEYWORDS: soldier derivative warning
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver, p. 23, "Keep Your Head Down, Alleyman" (1 short text, plus an excerpt from the source song "Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy")
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. 202 "(Keep Your Head Down, Alleyman)" (1 excerpt with notes)
Roud #10579
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy" (tune)
File: AWTBW023

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