THAT WILL BE THE DAY

Serial Waves, Volume 2, Issue 2, 27 September 1940, Page 8

THAT WILL BE THE DAY

Come lads, ; join the Army, it will fill your hearts with pride When you and all your cobbers are marching side by side - You’ll wear a tailored uniform, and hear the people say ”By cripes, don’t he look swell* - That will be the day. You 1 !! get the best of tucker regardless of thecost , With tons of pie and lots of cream and pork with apple sauce; 1 There won’t be anything to do, and if you stay away, ’ They’ll treat you like a hero - That Will be the day. 1 4 There’ll be fun and games for everyone and nothing else to do With no fatigues or such like, and no such word as stew, And if, as sometimes happens, you have done in all your pay They'll give you pints of buckshee beer - That will be the day. There’ll be nice clean sheets to sleep in and a nurse to tuck you in, And if you’re feeling seedy# they'll put you right with gin They’ll make you feel so cosy and life will be. so gay It will make you feel that you’re at home * That will be the day. And when the Serjeant Major starts to tell you what to wear, You answer, in a lofty tone, ”Oh, rub it in your.hair” - , And then he’ll beg your pardon and say Right, boy, she’s 0 k”, And ask you to forget it - That will be the day. There won’t be any 8#.... mats (the things they put you on) The Officers will all be sports and life will be a song; And when you want to gamble, the trump will come and play And ”do”. his Oscar with a smile - She’s tight, boy# she’s OK. ' . ■" ' ' ' ■ •• ■/'■.. .. '• S & And.when the war is. over, you won’t need any jobs - You’ll get a. big fat pension, arid live like ruddy nobs: You’ll get anything you ask for, and none Adil, say you nay, . And life will be just lovely - That will be the day! XXX XXX " XXX XXX ' . ■ MORE MOUTHING 3 BY MO No 7 It seems easy to hire a boat in 8..8.» - even one the size of our water boat • We’always did suspect that when water trouble set in something would go wrong with the beer. * Well, well, so if our arithmetic is bad, we can call 100 piastres'£l. And if .10 equal 2/4 and 20 equal 4/2, it must be Damn Bad! Who was the wicked person who talked so convincingly to the Police Cpl about- going round the convoy in the launch to make sure blackout regulations were being complied with, that the latter bet 10/- on it - Arid lost. K 1 Even, if our fresh water does run out, our tame seal should manage on salt - '0 k ? .. \