Artillery Alphabet, The

DESCRIPTION: "A's the Artillery, the pride of the line, B's for battery, the battery sublime, C is for correction, which gives us the fuse, And D's for the drag-ropes we seldom use. Sing high, sing low, Wherever we go, Artillery gunners will never say no." And so on
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1972 (Gardham-EastRidingSongster)
KEYWORDS: soldier nonballad wordplay | alphabet
FOUND IN: Britain(England(North)) Canada
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Gardham-EastRidingSongster 31, p. 39, "The Artillery Alphabet" (1 text, 1 tune)
Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear, pp. 70-71, "Artillery Alphabet" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #21722
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Logger's Alphabet" (subject) and references there
File: Gard031

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