Stony Broke in No Man's Land

DESCRIPTION: "In 1914, a hundred years ago it seems... they said I was a man then, but what am I today?" "I can't get the old job, can't get the new, Can't carry on as I used to do." There's no work for the ex-soldier; they have forgotten the promises to the boys
AUTHOR: Herbert Rule, Fred Holt, George Carney (source: Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver)
EARLIEST DATE: 1921 (Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver)
KEYWORDS: soldier hardtimes home
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver, pp. 129-130, "Stony Broke in No Man's Land" (1 text)
NOTES [55 words]: This song, although probably not traditional, is generally accurate: almost all the nations of World War I fell into recession after the war, leaving many of the returning soldiers unable to find jobs. The disastrous events that led to World War II could perhaps have been avoided if more had been done to care for the ex-soldiers.
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