That Shit Shute

DESCRIPTION: "The general inspecting the trenches Exclaimed with a horrified shout, 'I refuse to command a division That leaves its excreta about.'" But the division concludes it would prefer the "excreta" to being commanded by "that Shit Shute."
AUTHOR: Words: A. P. Herbert (source: Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver)
EARLIEST DATE: 2001 (Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver)
KEYWORDS: soldier scatological
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver, p. 90, "That Shit Shute" (1 text)
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. 209, "(The General inspecting the trenches)" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Wrap Me Up In My Tarpaulin Jacket" (tune, according to Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver)
NOTES [110 words]: Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver lists the tune of this as "Wrap Me Up In My Tarpaulin Jacket," which I find a difficult fit; it feels more like 'My Bonnie" to me. But perhaps A. P. Herbert had a different version of "Tarpaulin Jacket."
WIkipedia has an entry about the general in this song, Cameron Deane Shute (1866-1936), which as of this writing (July 22, 2023) appears to exist mostly for purposes of repeating this song. He held some fairly high offices, including eventually commanding a corps, but his service doesn't seem to have been particularly distinguished; at least, I found no mention of him in the first four World War I references I checked. - RBW
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