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"When I'm sittin' in me dug-out wiv me rifle on me knees, / An' a yowlin', 'owlin' chorus comes a-floatin' up the breeze - / Jist a bit o' 'Bonnie Mary' or 'Long Way to Tipperary' - / Then I know I'm in Australia, took an' planted overseas. / They've bin up agin it solid since we crossed the flamin' foam; / But they're singin' - alwiz singin' - since we left the wharf at 'ome.
"O, it's 'On the Mississippi' or 'Me Grey 'Ome in the West. ' / If it's death an' 'ell nex' minute they must git it orf their chest. / 'Ere's a snatch o' 'When yer Roamin' - When yer Roamin' in the Gloamin'. ' / 'Struth! The first time that I 'eard it, wiv me 'ead on Rosie's breast, / We wus comin' frum a picnic in a Ferntree Gully train. / But the shrapnel made the music when I 'eard it sung again."