Canadian parody, World War I:

D'ye ken Sam Hughes with his buckle overshoes?
He should sell the Ross rifles and buy us all canoes
And if he don't we'll all go on the booze
When we land up in London in the morning.

Do you ken if he don't buy us a boat
We'll feed our Oliver equipment to the Fifth Division goat
And we'll all get out of camp if we have to float
And we'll land up in London in the morning.

When you go to the doctor with sore feet
And he says, "Does your boots fit you nice and neat?"
And you say, "Yes they do, I take a number eight,"
And he gives you Number Nine in the morning.

Collected by Phil Thomas from Russell Miller, 1963. P.J. Thomas Collection #206. Learnt in Whitely Camp. The footnotes as to sam Hughes, Ross rifles, etc. would take a few pages.

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