I Ain't Got Weary Yet

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, I'se been wounded in this fight, Shot at sunrise, gassed at night, Outside o' that I feel all right, And I ain't got weary yet." Trench life is like "Using your head for a battering ram." With half the squad dead, "Being alive seems mighty damn odd."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1929 (Niles/Moore-SongsMyMotherNeverTaughtMe)
KEYWORDS: soldier hardtimes death injury
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Niles/Moore-SongsMyMotherNeverTaughtMe, pp. 215-216, "I AIn't Got Weary Yet" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #11850 parody
File: NiMo215

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