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Thread #18815   Message #3394592
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
24-Aug-12 - 03:43 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Happy Land
Subject: RE: Origin: Happy Land
Geoff Lawes, "Cookhouse"-

To those of us who served in WW2 and later, these verses are linked to "Old Soldiers Never Die," often sung when General MacArthur was dismissed and he quoted "old Soldiers...," (used as a chorus to "Cookhouse" in American versions), in his farewell speech.
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