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