Roy Palmer; The Rambling Soldier 1977
Republished by Faber and Faber 2008
McCafferty; Our version was learned by a Mr Roy Harris while he was serving in the Royal Artillery in 1951.

Roy Palmer; What a Lovely War, British Soldiers' Songs 1990
McCaffery; The version given here comes from the manuscript book of songs, poems and jokes compiled in India by William Blackmore, a clerk in the 1st Devonshire Regiment.