SOLDIER SONGS from WWI

A collection of lyrics for songs as sung by WWI soldiers .

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76                              THE HIPE
I fired it at a German trench, and when my
work was o'er The sergeant down the barrel glanced, and
then he said to me, " Your hipe* is dirty. Penalty is seven days'
C.B.! "
* Hipe, regimental slang for a rifle.