And they did a so-called rest cure
On the side of shadeless Kirec.
Then one day in blazing August
Tiadatha pinched a week-end,
Touched his Colonel for a week-end,
“Just to do a bit of shopping,”
And buzzed down to Salonica
With his very best pal, Percy,
Put up at the Hotel Splendide,
Taking Woggs, the soldier servant.