The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #96385   Message #4005077
Posted By: Hrothgar
19-Aug-19 - 06:48 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: We're in the Army Now (1917)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We're in the Army Now (1917)
During the Depression, when the unemployed were provided with "sustenance" labour - basically labour for rations and a small allowance - it became:

We're on the susso now,
We can't afford a cow,
We live in a tent,
We pay no rent,
We're on the susso now.