You've Had It

DESCRIPTION: "There is a phrase, that seems to haunt my days." Whatever the situation, "Someone's bound to shout, 'You've 'ad it, luv, Although I've not had nowt." The WAAF find that the food is bad, and courting is hard. She wonders who first said "You've had it."
AUTHOR: Flying Officer Arthur Macrae (source: Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook)
EARLIEST DATE: 1967(Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook); reportedly from 1942
KEYWORDS: soldier wordplay courting food
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, pp. 197-198, "You've Had It" (1 text)
File: WJL197

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