Drill's the Thing

DESCRIPTION: "While battles rage and cannons roar, The foul Hun's spilling Russian gore... The foreigners don't understand That drill's the thing that rules the land." For the British, "Wherever we are on land or sea, The time is always, 'One, two, three'"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1976 (Page-ForGawdsakeDontTakeMe)
KEYWORDS: soldier hardtimes
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Page-ForGawdsakeDontTakeMe, pp. 114-115, "Drill's the Thing" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Red Flag" (tune)
File: PFGS114

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