Dining Hall Song

DESCRIPTION: "See the crowd in the evening Outside the Dining Hall door, I wonder what they're doing there, And what they're waiting for." When they've gotten what they can, "They'll be the same as the started, Hungry for bread, Bloody near dead, Side by side."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1987 (Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy)
KEYWORDS: food navy derivative
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy, pp. 45-46, "Dining Hall Song" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Side by Side" (tune)
File: Tawn028

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