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Thread #63930 Message #1042400
Posted By: Steve Parkes
27-Oct-03 - 05:56 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: An AA Gunner Lay Dying
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: AN AA GUNNER LAY DYING
It predates the recording! I'll have to look in my Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major, but I'm fairly sure it's one of that genre of wartime parodies of "Dress me up in my tarpaulin jacket" (or, just maybe, "The streets of Laredo").