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Thread #100604   Message #2020500
Posted By: GUEST,meself
09-Apr-07 - 11:55 AM
Thread Name: BS: Vimy.... 90 years.
Subject: RE: BS: Vimy.... 90 years.
Now for a little dark humour. This is a ditty popularized if not written by the Dumbbells (military troupe of entertainers), and apparently it was not unusual to hear Canadian troops singing it as they made their way to the front:

Oh, the bells of Hell go ding-a-ling-a-ling,
For you and not for me!
The devil's got a thing-a-ling-a-ling
For you and not for me!
Oh, grave where is thy victory?
Oh, Death where is thy sting?
The bells of Hell go ding-a-ling-a-ling,
For you and not for me!