There Is a Sausage Gun

DESCRIPTION: "There is a sausage gun Over the way Fired by a bloody Hun Three times a day. You should hear the Tommies run When they hear that sausage gun Fired by a bloody Hun Three times a day."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2001 (Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver)
KEYWORDS: soldier derivative
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver, p. 51, "There Is a Sausage Gun" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "There Is a Happy Land" (tune) and references there
NOTES [52 words]: A "sausage gun" was a trench mortar -- a weapon with a short range, which could be used where regular artillery was not. Although the infantry complained about them, sausage gunners at least fought in the trenches, unlike regular artillerymen, who were farther back and led slightly more comfortable lives. - RBW
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File: AWTBW051

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