I wonder if anyone knows anything more about this song? All I know is that it was written at Catterick Army Camp in 1916, apparently squish is butter and tosh is toast, I wonder who wrote it? The lyrics are as follows: ORDERLY DAY (G.E.H. Keesey) Six o'clock of a shiny morn we start our little day We wash the mugs and wipe the jugs and clear the pots away We stoke the stoves and butter the loaves and neatly spread the quish And tenderly drop a porridge flop in every waiting dish CHORUS Oh orderly orderly oh the orderly day Poor sore orderly tra-la-la la-la-la la-la-la la-la-la Six o'clock of a shiny morn we start our little day And all day long we're making meals or clearing meals way It's orderly squish orderly tosh orderly tea this way Oh who would be an orderly upon an orderly day When breakfast's done we've just begun our weary round of work And evils light upon the wight who tries his job to shirk A ravening crowd that roars aloud we feed with might and mane And when they've sploshed the plates we've washed we wash them all again Now spotted dog's magnificent prog and so is Irish stew I'm a regular glutton for roasted mutton when I haven't the washing to do Still stains of tosh are easy to wash compared with stains of fat I'd rather be fed upon cheese and bread than wash for a week of that Now just one crumb of chilly comfort has the orderly got That when the rest have done their best why he we can finish the lot One cheery ray lights up the day when labour he would spurn That when he's played the scullery maid the others can have their turn
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