They Didn't Believe Me/And When They Asked Us

DESCRIPTION: "And when they asked us How dangerous it was. Oh, we'll never tell them, No, we'll never tell them. We spend our pay in some café... 'Twas the cushiest job we ever had." About life in the trenches, and what they won't tell about it
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2001 (Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver)
KEYWORDS: soldier derivative
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver, p. 93, "They Didn't Believe Me" (1 short text of the derived song starting "And when they asked us," plus the opening words of the source of the parody, "They Didn't Believe Me")
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "They Didn't Believe Me" (tune)
NOTES [27 words]: This derives from "They Didn't Believe Me," words by M. E. Rourke, music by Jerome Kern. Although popular, that song does not seem to have gone into tradition. - RBW
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File: AWTBW093

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