Divisional Rest

DESCRIPTION: "So when we came up for the first time, We had such a pain in our chest, We'd had umpteen drills... And they called it Divisional Rest." The second time, and the third, the food is bad and life is hard; the fourth time, a Colonial soldier actually salutes
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (Nettleingham-TommysTunes)
KEYWORDS: soldier food hardtimes
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Nettleingham-TommysTunes, #6, "Divisional Rest" (1 text)
Roud #10796
File: NeTT006

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