Singer: "We are doing a great deal of work!"
Chorus: "May Allah reward us!"
The Tommies' refrain was more picturesque. Imagine six men carrying a crate.
Singer: (Softly) "Is it 'ot?" (Pause.)
Chorus: "I don't think!"
Singer: (Fuller and staccato) "'Ot as 'ell?"
Chorus: "I don't think!" etc.
General Chorus: (repeatedly, with passion).