Charley,

Your old friend's song seems to be a medley of three different pieces (or more accurately, I have encountered them as three different songs).

The first, ("Monday Night") appears in several very similar forms (The versions I know both end up with :-
"And now I'm paying seven and six/thirty bob a week - maintainance" presumably the different sums reflect the different rates of child maintenance over the years).

The second seems to be an amalgam of "I don't want to be a soldier" and a variant on "Boys of the Old Brigade"

and the third is, again a parody of "Boys of the Old Brigade"

The version of "BotOB" I've heard ran, as follows:
(To a tune based on the march "Boys of the Old brigade")

"Send for the boys of the Girls' Brigade
"Send out the Rank and file,
"Send out the Army and the Navy
"They'll face danger with a smile.
"Send out the Brave Territorials
"They'll keep the Empire free.
"Send out my Mother,
"My sister or my brother,
"But for Gawds' sake don't send me."

Brophey & Partridge quote a slightly different version:

"Send Out the Army and the Navy"
Air: Music-hall tune

"Send out the Army and the Navy,
"Send out the Rank and file,
"Send out the brave Territorials,
"They'll face danger with a smile
"(I don't think!)
"Send out my Mother,
"Send out my sister and my brother,
"But for Gawds' sake don't send me!"


Any use to anyone?

Regards

Walrus