Le Beau Militaire (The Handsome Soldier) — French. A young prisoner is conscripted. Without leave, he goes to see Nanette … The Bold Deserter — The singer loves a girl. "She first advised me for to list and afterwards deser… Bonnie Woodha' — The singer and his Annie must part; he is a soldier and has been called away. H… Chanson d'un Soldat (Song of a Soldier) — French. The singer, a soldier, deserts for love of a brunette; in the process … Colonel Shelby — "Colonel Shelby, Colonel Shelby, I do not think it right For you to charge on D… The Deserter from Kent — A deserter comes to join the harvesting. He talks too freely to a man in the ta… The Deserter's Lamentation — Thinking about the past won't help so "let us be merry before we go" "Now hope … The Flying Colonel — "With a shit-eating grin on his face," the terrified pilot of a stricken bomber… I'm Sad and I'm Lonely — "I'm sad and I'm lonely, My heart it will break. My sweetheart loves another; L… James Ervin — The singer enlists in the British Army, but deserts because he is worked too ha…