We Haven't Seen the Kaiser (We Haven't Seen the Sergeant)

DESCRIPTION: "We haven't seen the (kaiser/sergeant) for a hell of a time, a hell of a time, a hell of a time. He came up to see what we were doin', Number eight platoon will be his bloody ruin... Perhaps he's gone up with a mine... Strafe him, he's no cousin of mine"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (Nettleingham-TommysTunes)
KEYWORDS: soldier war technology
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Brophy/Partridge-TommiesSongsAndSlang, p. 47, "We Haven't Seen the Sergeant" (1 text)
Nettleingham-TommysTunes, #83, "A Strafe on the Kaiser" (1 text)
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, p. 15, "We Haven't Seen the Sergeant" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #10530
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "He's a Cousin of Mine" (tune)
File: BrPa047A

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