MARCHING TO GERMANY.
Swing along togethw, lad*, wa’ll hav* • little Bong; Kite won't be so he»Tf and the way won’t bo so long We’re goin’ to cook “the Sosßiges,” to cook ’em 'hot and StrongWhile we go marching to - Germany Chora*. Hurrah, hurrah, for Berlin pa the Spree, Hurrah, hurrah, there’s “Sossiges” for tea. We’re out to catch the Kaiser and to I ling him to his knee While we go marching to Germany. How the girls all love us as they see na marching by I Some • of them are saucy ones, and some of them are shy. Gums they know we’re cold and wet to keep them warm and dry While we go marching to Germany. Wh it about the slacker chaps, who look before they leap? Lad i who like to save their skins and have their proper sleep. Let them put on petticoats and feel * little cheap, While we go marching to Germany. Britain’s little army can be swept aside like fluff; That’s the Kaiser’s fairy tale —we’ll give / the beggars snuff; Rat io ’em .and bustle ’em, and make ’em shout “Enough!” While w. 9 go marching to Germany. Hurrah, hurrah, for Berlin on the Spr*.*, Hurrah, hurrah, there’s “Sossiges” for tea. We’re out to catch the Kaiser and to bring him to his knee While we go marching to Germany. —Jessie Pope.
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Western Star, 15 January 1915, Page 4
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