I wore a tunic, a dirty khaki tunic

Speranza

To the tune of "When you wore a tulip & I wore a big red rose".

I wore a tunic; a dirty khaki tunic

& you wore your civvie clothes

we fought & bled at Loos

while you were on the booze

the booze that no-one here knows

you were with the wenches

while we were in the trenches

facing an angry foe

oh you were a-slacking

while we were attacking

the Germans on the Menin road.