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Thread #106455 Message #2199241
Posted By: Jack Campin
21-Nov-07 - 11:12 AM
Thread Name: Song on a taboo subject?
Subject: RE: Song on a taboo subject?
"Zakhmi Dil", the Pathan War March, sung by British troops on one of the 19th century Afghan wars to these words:
There's a boy across the river with a bottom like a peach Alas I can not swim!
(thanx to Lewis Redstock's book for that).
The tune may be the original of "The Quartermaster's Store" - I've no idea what the Pushtu words are. The tune is now a standard in the military pipe repertoire.