So Here I Work

DESCRIPTION: "An A.M. signal spoiled my joy, Way back on a ruddy good station: 'Off to a course you'll go, my boy, To learn Administration.'" The singer regrets the classes. The food is bad. There are WAAFs there, but he doesn't escort them.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook); reportedly from 1942
KEYWORDS: soldier hardtimes derivative
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, pp. 199-200, "So Here I Work" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The VIcar of Bray" (tune)
File: WJL199

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