We're Here Because

DESCRIPTION: "We're here because We're here because We're here because we're here."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (Nettleingham-TommysTunes)
KEYWORDS: nonballad soldier
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Brophy/Partridge-TommiesSongsAndSlang, p. 37, "We're Here Because" (1 text)
Nettleingham-TommysTunes, #9, "The Reason Why" (1 text, tune referenced)
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. 210, "(We're here because we're here because we're here because we're here)" (1 excerpt)
Roud #10528
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Auld Lang Syne" (tune) and references there
File: BrPa037B

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