Our Sgt.-Major 1
The sun shone down on area 5, It shone on the Sgt. Major, - But did he see the blazing sun? Not he, I’ll make a wager. He lined his gunners up in threes And started to look them over, Then they got a glimpse of him And thought they were in clover. On parade or off parade You’ll often hear him yell: ' “Come on, get a move on!” Or: “Good God! What the Hell!” He’ll rave and roar and curse and swear And scream out: ‘‘Battery!” Then as one man the troops will move Or they’ll find how tough he’ll be. With a raucous voice and a Trentham stoop He holds the parade in fear, And not one man will bat an eye Or else his fate he ’ll hear. Although they talk behind his back And say he is unjust, But when on leave in the Grand Hotel He just like one of us. i Now, Sgt. Major, don’t take this to heart, i And the B.C. please don’t tell, 1 For no matter what we say about you, We’ll follow you through to Hell. 1 And when this war is over, ‘ How happy we will be: We will tell the Sgt. Major j He can go jump in the sea. , DOOFA. i
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Observation Post, Volume 1, Issue 30, 11 December 1942, Page 9
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