W’ere the shells is fallin’ thick,

And Johnny Turk’s machine-guns

Does the interviewin’ trick,

We give ’em all they gave us,

And a bit of interest, too,

But w’y don’t someone tell ’em

We’re just perishin’ for stoo!

We lays down in the open

W’en our “bivvies”[23] isn’t dug,

The rain comes down in rivers,