Our Jam

DESCRIPTION: "The jam, the jam, the glorious gooseberry jam, The jam, the jam, the jam that was made for me, The jam we spread on somebody's bed or on half a loaf of bread, The jam that feeds a hungry mob like we."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (Nettleingham-TommysTunes)
KEYWORDS: soldier food | jam
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Nettleingham-TommysTunes, #57, "Our Jam" (1 short text, tune referenced)
Roud #10771
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Marching Through Georgia" (tune)
NOTES [42 words]: I suspect, based on the number of other songs about it, that this is some sort of reference to Tickler's Jam, the standard jam issue for British troops in World War I. For background, see the notes to "When the War Is Over, We Shall Have Some Jam." - RBW
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File: NeTT057

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