Seaforth's Sob, The

DESCRIPTION: "You may have fought the Turk, sir, And think it very funny That though the Seaforths do the work, The Sappers get the money."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (Nettleingham-TommysTunes)
KEYWORDS: soldier derivative
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Nettleingham-TommysTunes, #86, "The Seaforth's Sob" (1 short text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Yankee Doodle" (tune) and references there
NOTES [56 words]: The Seaforths are, I assume, the famous regiment the Seaforth Highlanders. The reference to "the Turk" immediately made me think of Gallipoli, but the Seaforth Highlanders did not fight there. One battalion, however, fought in the Mesopotamia campaign, which was also against the Ottomans. So I would assume this song refers to that. - RBW
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File: NeTT086

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