wwii versionswhen a fucking great
wwii versionswhen a fucking great
(a digger from tobruk on 7 days leave when a fucking great mp said 'pardon me, please' there's mud on your tunic, and blood on your sleeve, I'll just have to cancel your 7 days leave.'
 
a pommie redcap with 3 stripes on his sleeve, said to 2 diggers 'now pardon me plese there's mud on your tunic and blood on your brass, I'll just have to cancel your 7 day pass
the diggers just glared with a murderous look, 'we are just back from the siege of tobruk, where whizz bangs are flying and comforts are few and brave men are dying for bastards like you.
when mothers have babies they have them with ease when whores have abortions they call them mp's you' ss say as you like and you' ll do as you please- you' re all fucking bastards, you fucking mp' s
from the collection of darky edwards songs.
 when I recorded darky last year he sang the first verse--at a 173rd reunion 2 weeks ago, he sang, unrecorded, the second verse! which prompted hank snow to sing his version from korea --the depth of feeling that both men put into the last line of the song can only be attained by someone who has had frequent, and violent, confrontation with mp' s, provos, ap' s, sp' s, etc.
 when darky first sang thi ssong in vietnam, it was returning from the field, the hobo woods, and he was confronted by two american ap' s, which prompted him to sing the song at them--see the vietnam songbook/papers for that story;
 it certainly leads me to believe that the wwi version actually occured, though retold(sung) with only that slight bit of infantrymens healthy fantasy life at the end.