Seven Years in the Sand

DESCRIPTION: "Seven years in the sand seems a long time from now, Never mind, tosh, you'll soon be dead, a hundred years from now." "The pay is low," the food terrible, and it makes you sick
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1960 (The Singing Island)
KEYWORDS: soldier hardtimes
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Palmer-WhatALovelyWar, p. 170, "Seven Years in the Sand" (1 short text)
Roud #2568
NOTES [45 words]: Ewan MacColl claimed this was very popular with the soldiers who served in the Middle East, even though none except regular army troops spent seven years there. And no one else seems to have collected it. One wonders if perhaps MacColl had a finder or two in the song. - RBW
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File: PWLW170

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