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The O.C. for his Subaltern sent,
Who was standing, and looking forlorn,
And he told him at once to make out a Report,
Stating reasons of any and every sort,
Why Mackay’s Smoke Helmet was torn.
Who was standing, and looking forlorn,
And he told him at once to make out a Report,
Stating reasons of any and every sort,
Why Mackay’s Smoke Helmet was torn.
So the Subaltern sat up all night,
Till he wished he had never been born,
And sent in a Report to the angry C.O.,
Stating seventy probable reasons or so,
Why Mackay’s Smoke Helmet was torn.
Till he wished he had never been born,
And sent in a Report to the angry C.O.,
Stating seventy probable reasons or so,
Why Mackay’s Smoke Helmet was torn.
From Brigade to Division it went,
And made General Headquarters to mourn,
And the Master of Ordnance made an Indent,
And a hundred and twenty Smoke Helmets were sent
For the one that Mackay had torn.
And made General Headquarters to mourn,
And the Master of Ordnance made an Indent,
And a hundred and twenty Smoke Helmets were sent
For the one that Mackay had torn.
And at last it went into Whitehall,
And became an Army Form,
And Form Seven thousand and Ninety-six O
Embodies the seventy reasons or so
Why Mackay’s Smoke Helmet was torn.
And became an Army Form,
And Form Seven thousand and Ninety-six O
Embodies the seventy reasons or so
Why Mackay’s Smoke Helmet was torn.
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