I used this tune for, what became, the first of my trilogy of World War I songs, the rhythm was in my head while I was writing and I thought I would easily find another tune that would fit later WRONG!!! there are no others that fitted!! anyway since I was writing about the Reservists and first volunteers that went out with the BEF in 1914 I decided that they were very likely to "borrow" an existing tune. here is a flavour of it

"We Think we Ought to Go

Young men they came forward and signed up for to go
they knew that "Gods on our side and we're right"
white feathers fell around them like the freshly fallen snow
as they marched off to Flanders for to fight

Rifle smart and dressed in Khaki
Home by Christmas what a Lark eh?
Rifle smart and dressed in Khaki
as they marched off to Flanders for to fight

And they sang of "Tipperary" and Of there "old kit bag"
and songs of other wars of long ago
They sang to keep the spirits up not let their shoulders sag
to the strains of " We think we ought to go"

Rifle smart and dressed in Khaki
Just like strolling through the park eh?
Rifle smart and dressed in Khaki
to the strains of " We think we ought to go"

But what was waiting for them at Mons and Le Cateau
Some of them hadn't even time to load
when lines and files of Germans dressed in the old Feldgrau
came storming down what became the Menin Road

Rifle smart and dressed in Feldgrau
shooting Tommys from the Hedgerow
Rifle smart and dressed in Feldgrau
storming downthe Menin Road