if you' re happy and you know it clap your hands
if you' re happy and you know it clap your hands "" "" "" " " 'if you' re happy, and you know it,
then you really ought to show it "" " " ",
clap your hands
if the sergeant steals your rum, never mind repeat, though he's just a bloody sot, let him drink the whole damn lo it the sergeant -------
if old jerry shells your trench, never mind repeat though the bloody sandbags fly, you have only once to die if old ----
if the captain stops your leave, never mind repeat though you've been 2 years away, it is just another day--
if you get stuck on the wire- with the light as bright as day, when ya die they' ll stop your pay--
though your heart may ache awhile, never mind;
 though your face may lose it's smile never mind;
 for there's sunshine after rain, and then gladness afterpain, you' ll be happy once again, never mind if the sergeant says you' re mad, never mind;
 p' raps you are a little bit, never mind;
 just be calm, don't answer back, for the sergeant stands no slack, so if he says yer mad spoken: well, you are!!
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this is one of the songs that the army has carried on since the first ww.
 I got the last 2 verses, I think, from roy palmer, and were collected from a harry dent and tom goldbum, wwi vets.