“Rookie's Lament”

Description

"I ain't been long in this here army, Just a few days since I arrive." The new recruit complains about sergeants, drill, hiking, cavalry, cavalry horses, military medicine, military discipline, and anything else that springs to mind

Notes

All this whining and he didn't even mention military food. - RBW

References

  1. Lomax-ABFS, pp. 548-551, "A Rookie's Lament" (1 text, 1 tune)
  2. Roud #15543
  3. BI, LxA548

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1934
Keywords: army soldier hardtimes