Recruiting Song R.F.C. No. 2

DESCRIPTION: "I was walking in town up Regent Street When I saw the R.F.C. I thought to myself, Now they look neat; I think that would suit me." He lies about his skills to join the R.F.C. He is sent to Larkhill. They live a "risky" life
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (Nettleingham-TommysTunes)
KEYWORDS: recruiting technology
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Nettleingham-TommysTunes, #77, "Recruiting Song R.F.C. No. 2" (1 text)
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, p. 12, "Another Recruiting Song of the Royal Flying Corps" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #10754
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Lowther Arcade and the Tin Gee-Gee" (tune)
File: NeTT077

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