Allentown Ambulance

DESCRIPTION: "They said we'd go to Allentown and get an ambulance, Then crank her up and let her go and start for sunny France," but even getting clothes proves slow. The war against the Germans would end much sooner if the Army were better organized
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1929 (Niles/Moore-SongsMyMotherNeverTaughtMe)
KEYWORDS: soldier clothes injury hardtimes
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Niles/Moore-SongsMyMotherNeverTaughtMe, p. 42, "Allentown Ambulance" (1 short text, tune referenced)
Roud #27875
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Son of a Gambolier" (tune & meter) and references there
File: NiM042

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