Ballads of Battle/Stand-to!
STAND-TO!
I'd just crawled into me dug-out,And pulled me coat over me 'ead,When the Corpor-alHe begins to bawl,And these were the words he said:"Stand-to———Show a leg!—Get a move on, You!—Ye's can't lie and snore,Till the end o' the war—Stand-to!—Stand-to! STAND-TO!"
I was just a-dreamin' of 'Ome Sweet 'Ome,A-top of a fevver bed;And Sister NellHad looked in to tellOf tea, and of toasted bread—"Stand-to!"—Of a sudden a change of view—"Come on—you there—Take a sniff o' fresh air—Stand-to!—Stand-to! STAND-TO!"