Leslie Fish - Boots

No rights claimed or anything, just a rare song provided for your enjoyment.
Lyrics:
WE’RE foot-slog-slog-slog-sloggin’ over Africa!
Foot-foot-foot-foot-sloggin’ over Africa-
(Boots-boots-boots-boots-movin’ up and down again!)
There’s no discharge in the war!
Seven-six-eleven-five-nine-an’-twenty mile to-day-
Four-eleven-seventeen-thirty-two the day before-
(Boots-boots-boots-boots-movin’ up and down again!)
There’s no discharge in the war!
Don’t-don’t-don’t-don’t-look at what’s in front of you.
(Boots-boots-boots-boots-movin’ up an’ down again!)
Men-men-men-men-men go mad with watchin’ ’em,
And there’s no discharge in the war!
Try-try-try-try-to think o’ something different-
Oh-my-God-keep-me from goin’ lunatic!
(Boots-boots-boots-boots-movin’ up an’ down again!)
There’s no discharge in the war!
Count-count-count-count-the bullets in the bandoliers.
If-your-eyes-drop-they will get atop o’ you
(Boots-boots-boots-boots-movin’ up and down again!)
There’s no discharge in the war!
We-can-stick-out-’unger, thirst, an’ weariness,
But-not-not-not-not the chronic sight of ’em-
Boots-boots-boots-boots-movin’ up an’ down again!
An’ there’s no discharge in the war!
’Tain’t-so-bad-by-day because o’ company,
But-night-brings-long-strings-o’ forty thousand million
Boots-boots-boots-boots-movin’ up an’ down again.
There’s no discharge in the war!
I-’ave-marched-six-weeks in ’Ell an’ certify
It-is-not-fire-devils-dark or anything,
But boots-boots-boots-boots-movin’ up an’ down again,
An’ there’s no discharge in the war!

[@arthurspearman7914]

Kipling is MANDATORY reading for anyone that is in or was in the military. What he wrote was true then and is true now.

[@arthurspearman7914]

Or at least it should be. Unfortunately it seems that in this country...we have forgotten to read him.

[@ButeoBio_nHi_Story]

Whatever you think of Kipling's politics or social attitudes, some things he knew and expressed well.

[@bxstxn825]

This song was used to torture captured enemies at the us navy

[@CaptainUnreal]

That's sad but believable.

[@golemsnatch5755]

I think you will find it was used to train the military to survive capture and torture not to torment the enemy.

[@bxstxn825]

@@golemsnatch5755 watch mrballens video on it

[@eammon_wright]

@@CaptainUnreal hehe we use it to torture our own troops to build their resistance to torture, but not the fish version we use this version ruclips.net/video/Glcg95L4JK4/видео.html

[@anonymouswitness3835]

@@golemsnatch5755 Yeah that's right, it was in the simulated POW camps in the 80s and 90s.