As used in McAlpine's Fusiliers:

'Twas in the year of thirty-nine, when the sky was full of lead,
When Hitler was heading for Poland, and Paddy for Holyhead;
Come all you pincher laddies and you long-distance men,
Don't ever work for McAlpine, for Wimpey, or John Laing.

Cheers,

GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador