Doing My Duty

DESCRIPTION: "Now can England be in danger, Is there any chance of war? You talk about your fighting men And you quite forget your corps." The singer is "Doing my duty" -- while doing his best to escape the conditions in camp, which he dislikes
AUTHOR: A. J. Mils and F. W. Carter (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
EARLIEST DATE: 1898 (FolkSongAndMusicHall)
KEYWORDS: soldier hardtimes war
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "Doing My Duty"
Palmer-WhatALovelyWar, p. 95, "Doin' My Duty" (1 text)
Roud #21227
File: PWLW095

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