AS BOYS WE WENT TO SCHOOL.
Tune: A life on the Ocean Wave

As boys we went to school, where the teacher taught us tricks,
Before she taught us our A.B.C., she taught us to play with our

Pretty uoung maidens they were, they lay on their backs,
They's take it in their hands, and lead it right up their

Auntie Mary had two rabbits, and one of them was a buck,
She put them in a cage together, and taught them how to

Fry the fish for tea, with a touch of sanity,
It helps you answer nature's call, and makes you want to

Peter went out in a boat, and the boat began to rock,
One of the crew fell overboard, and a shark swam away with his

Cock-a-doodle-doo, what's it to do with you,
Leave it alone, and play with your own, and paddle your own canoe.

I took my girl out fishing in a thing they called a punt,
The line got tangle rounder her legs, and the goot went up her

Country girls are nice, they teach you how to dance,
They cock their legs around your neck, and show they dirty

Ask Old Brown to tea; with all his family,
And if he won't come, we'll tickle his bum with a stick of holly tree.

September, 1945. Pg 31, Mess Hall Songs & Rhymes of the RAAF.


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