Four and Twenty Bombers

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Four and Twenty Bombers

Tune--" The Ball at Kirriemuir "

OH, four and twenty bombers,

Gaed oot at La Boisselle,

An' only ane cam' back again,

Remarkin' it was hell.

Chorus--Singing " Wha'll dae't the next time?

Wha'll dae't the noo?

The lads that did it last time

Cannae dae it noo."

We bombed 'em for fower hours,

Until we had tae stop,

An' then there was a row o' duds

Upon the crater top.

Chorus--Singing, etc.

Sae here's tae the Kaiser,

We'll soon hae's blood,

If we cannae throw a live

We can aye buzz a dud.

Chorus--Singing, etc.

This choice lyric, from which the best verse is omitted, for obvious reasons, is set to an ancient and disreputable Scotch ballad.

Title
Four and Twenty Bombers
Identifier
greatwar_mackintosh031