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(Infantry Columns)
WE’RE foot—slog—slog—slog—sloggin’ over Africa! | |
| Foot—foot—foot—foot—sloggin’ over Africa— | |
| (Boots—boots—boots—boots—movin’ up and down again!) | |
| There’s no discharge in the war! | |
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| Seven—six—eleven—five—nine-an’-twenty mile to-day— | 5 |
| Four—eleven—seventeen—thirty-two the day before— | |
| (Boots—boots—boots—boots—movin’ up and down again!) | |
| There’s no discharge in the war! | |
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| 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!) | 10 |
| Men—men—men—men—men go mad with watchin’ ’em, | |
| And there’s no discharge in the war! | |
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| 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!) | 15 |
| There’s no discharge in the war! | |
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| 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 and down again!) | |
| There’s no discharge in the war! | 20 |
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| We—can—stick—out—’unger, thirst, an’ weariness, | |
| But—not—not—not—not the chronic sight of ’em— | |
| Boots—boots—boots—boots—movin’ up an’ down again! | |
| An’ there’s no discharge in the war! | |
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| ’Tain’t—so—bad—by—day because o’ company, | 25 |
| 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! | |
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| I—’ave—marched—six—weeks in ’Ell an’ certify | |
| It—is—not—fire—devils—dark or anything, | 30 |
| But boots—boots—boots—boots—movin’ up an’ down again, | |
| An’ there’s no discharge in the war! | |
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