My Little Wet Hole in the Trench

DESCRIPTION: "I've a little wet hole in a trench, Where rainstorms continually drench, There are star shells that shine, Each night just at nine, And a lot of things you civvies miss" such as various types of shells and of vermin and of smells
AUTHOR: Tom Skeyhill (source: Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver)
EARLIEST DATE: 1915 (source: Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver)
KEYWORDS: soldier hardtimes | rain mud
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver, p. 58, "My Little Wet Hole in the Trench" (1 text, tune referenced)
Nettleingham-TommysTunes, #11, "Our Little Wet Trench in the West" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "My Little Grey Home in the West" (tune, according to Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver)
File: AWTBW058

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