MARCHING SONG.
THE MILITIA PIPE. 'WE HAD TO JOIN BELISHA'S ARMY' (Special.—By Air Mail.) LONDON, August 12. A militiaman in Dorset depot, England. ias composed a marching song for the militia. It goes with a •swing, if the occasion is a little irregular. The words are as fallow: j ; We had to join ; we had to join ; We had to join the Militia Army. I Ten bob a week ; not much to eat. Darned great boots and blisters on our feet. We had to join; we had to join; We had to join Belisha's Army. The author, it is understood, is now 1 working on the second verse.
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Auckland Star, 4 September 1939, Page 5
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108MARCHING SONG. Auckland Star, 4 September 1939, Page 5
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