Boots

[Verse 1]
Seven--six--eleven--five--nine-an'-twenty mile to-day --
Four--eleven--seventeen--thirty-two the day before --
(Boots--boots--boots--boots--moving up an' down again!)
There's no discharge in the war!

[Verse 2]
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

[Verse 3]
Count--count--count--count--the bullets in the bandoliers
If--your--eyes--drop--they will get atop of you!
(Boots--boots--boots--boots--moving up an' down again) --
There's no discharge in the war!

[Verse 4]
'Taint--so--bad--by--day because o' company
But night--brings--long--strings--o' forty thousand million
Boots--boots--boots--boots--moving up an' down again

[Verse 5]
I--'ave--marched--six--weeks in Hell and certify
It--is--not--fire--devils, dark, or anything
But boots--boots--boots--boots--movin' up an' down again

[Verse 6]
Try--try--try--try--to think o' something different --
Oh--my--God--keep--me from going lunatic!
(Boots--boots--boots--boots--moving up an' down again!)
There's no discharge in the war!