After the initial battle they dug in at Jarama and the Republicans were there for ages as it dragged on.

The cookhouse song sounds like There is a happy land far far away , good for lots of parodies in lots of wars.


Didn't Ewan McColl, write the Old Man's Song . I heard it sung in a pub session recently with an added verse about Iraq and Afghanistan

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This is a very late response to your question Mike but the old Man's Song/ Tale is in the Mudcat Digitrad HEREand the words are attributed to Ian Campbell,set to the tune Nicky Tams.
GeoffLawes
12/08/2015