THE FOUR WIVES

First there came the airman's wife,
And she was dress in beige,
And in one corner of her funny little thing,
She had a Handley Paige,
She had a Handley Paige, my bow,
The engines all a-throb,
And in the other corner was an airman on the job.

CHORUS: She had those dark and dreamy eyes,
With a whiz-bang up her Jacksie,
Singing "Whoa back, Gee back, come and get your money back,
Come and have a bang at Mary,
Singing Old airmen never die,
They yank themselves away.

Next there came the Captain's wife,
And she was dress in blue,
And in one corner of her funny little thing,
She had the life boat crew,
She had the life boat crew, my boys,
The rowlock and the ours,
And in the other corer, the marines were forming fours.
CHORUS: She had those dark and dreamy eyes, etc.

Next there came the cricketor's wife
And she was dressed in vermilion,
And in one corner of ther funny little thing,
She had the Lord's pavilion,
She had the Lord's pavilion, boys,
The scorer and his book,
And in the other corner, the remains of last night's fuck.
CHORUS: She had those dark and dreamy eyes, etc.

Last there came the brewer's wife, and she was dress in grey,
And in one corner of her funny little thing,
She had the brewer's dray, my boys,
The horses and the beer,
And in the other corner she had syph. and gonorreah.
CHORUS: She had those dark and dreamy eyes, etc.

From Mess Songs & Rhymes of the RAAF, 1945, page 26. This song provides one the earliest references for the word "jacksie".