Boots
P. Dawson
We're foot -- slog -- slog -- slog -- sloggin' over Africa --
Foot -- foot -- foot -- foot -- sloggin' over Africa --
(Boots -- boots -- boots -- boots -- movin' up an' down again!)
There's no discharge in the war!
Seven -- six -- eleven -- five -- nine-an'-twenty mile to-day --
Four -- eleven -- seventeen -- thirty-two the day before --
(Boots -- boots -- boots -- boots -- movin' up an' down again!)
There's no discharge in the war!
Don't -- don't -- don't -- don't -- look at what's in front of you.
(Boots -- boots -- boots -- boots -- movin' up an' down again);
Men -- men -- men -- men -- men go mad with watchin' em,
An' there's no discharge in the war!
Try -- try -- try -- try -- to think o' something different --
Oh -- my -- God -- keep -- me from goin' lunatic!
(Boots -- boots -- boots -- boots -- movin' up an' down again!)
There's no discharge in the war!
Count -- count -- count -- count -- the bullets in the bandoliers.
If -- your -- eyes -- drop -- they will get atop o' you!
(Boots -- boots -- boots -- boots -- movin' up an' down again) --
There's no discharge in the war!
We -- can -- stick -- out -- 'unger, thirst, an' weariness,
But -- not -- not -- not -- not the chronic sight of 'em --
Boot -- boots -- boots -- boots -- movin' up an' down again,
An' there's no discharge in the war!
'Taint -- so -- bad -- by -- day because o' company,
But night -- brings -- long -- strings -- o' forty thousand million
Boots -- boots -- boots -- boots -- movin' up an' down again.
There's no discharge in the war!
I -- 'ave -- marched -- six -- weeks in 'Ell an' certify
It -- is -- not -- fire -- devils, dark, or anything,
But boots -- boots -- boots -- boots -- movin' up an' down again,
An' there's no discharge in the war!