Quartermaster Corps, The (The Quartermaster Store)

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, it's beer, beer, beer that makes you feel so queer, In the corps, in the corps." "My eyes are dim, I cannot see, I have not brought my specs with me." Similarly, "...cheese... brings you to your knees," and so forth with other army items
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1973 (Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook)
KEYWORDS: army soldier food disease nonballad
FOUND IN: Canada Ireland
REFERENCES (8 citations):
Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear, pp. 84-85, "The Quarter Master's Stores" (1 text, 1 tune)
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 62, "(There were rats, rats)" (1 text)
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 272, "The Quartermaster Store" (1 text)
LibraryThingCampSongsThread, post 4, "The Quartermaster's Store" (1 text, from user John5918, posted August 28, 2021)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 98, 277, 289, 310, 384, 387, "Quartermaster's Store" (notes only)
BoyScoutSongbook1997, pp. 36-37, "The Quartermaster's Store" (1 text, 1 tune)
JournalOfAmericanFolklore, Jay Mechling, "Magic of the Boy Scout Campfire," Volume 93, Number 367 (Jan-Mar 1980), pp. 43-45, "Commissary Store" (1 text)
DT, QMCORP*
ST FSWB272A (Partial)
Roud #10508
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Power in the Blood" (tune)
cf. "My Eyes Are Dim" (lyrics, sort of)
SAME TUNE:
The Valley of the Ruhr (File: Hopk120B)
Gas, Gas, Gas (File: WJL172)
NOTES [32 words]: Someone -- I think Ed Cray -- told me that this "should" be called "The Quartermaster Corps," so that is the title I used, but "The Quartermaster's Store" seems much the most common title. - RBW
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File: FSWB272A

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