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Thread #72240 Message #4114395
Posted By: Lighter
25-Jul-21 - 06:46 PM
Thread Name: I have lost my underwear & other underwear songs
Subject: RE: I have lost my underwear & other underwear songs
Laurence Stallings, "The War to End War," American Heritage (Oct., 1959), referring to 1918:
"Then there was a great marching song, ‘Over There,’ which the lads overseas changed to ‘Underwear,’ with some unprintable allusions to the long drawers furnished by the quartermaster’s department."