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Hullo young Jones with your tie so gay	A
And your pen behind your ear	B
Will you mark my cheque in the usual way	A
For I'm overdrawn I fear	C
Then you look at me in a manner bland	D
As you turn your ledger's leaves	E
And you hand it back with a soft white hand	D
And the air of a man who grieves	E
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Was it you young Jones was it you I saw	F
And I think I see you yet	G
With a live bomb gripped in your grimy paw	F
And your face to the parapet	G
With your lips asnarl and your eyes gone mad	H
With a fury that thrilled you through	I
Oh I look at you now and I think my lad	H
Was it you young Jones was it you	I
	-
Hullo young Smith with your well fed look	J
And your coat of dapper fit	K
Will you recommend me a decent book	J
With nothing of War in it	K
Then you smile as you polish a finger nail	L
And your eyes serenely roam	M
And you suavely hand me a thrilling tale	L
By a man who stayed at home	M
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Was it you young Smith was it you I saw	F
In the battle's storm and stench	N
With a roar of rage and a wound red raw	O
Leap into the reeking trench	N
As you stood like a fiend on the firing shelf	P
And you stabbed and hacked and slew	I
Oh I look at you and I ask myself	P
Was it you young Smith was it you	I
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Hullo old Brown with your ruddy cheek	Q
And your tummy's rounded swell	R
Your garden's looking jolly chic	Q
And your kiddies awf'ly well	R
Then you beam at me in your cheery way	A
As you swing your water can	S
And you mop your brow and you blithely say	A
'What about golf old man '	-
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Was it you old Brown was it you I saw	F
Like a bull dog stick to your gun	T
A cursing devil of fang and claw	F
When the rest were on the run	T
Your eyes aflame with the battle hate	U
As you sit in the family pew	I
And I see you rising to pass the plate	U
I ask Old Brown was it you	I
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Was it me and you Was it you and me	V
Is that grammar or is it not	W
Who groveled in filth and misery	V
Who gloried and groused and fought	X
Which is the wrong and which is the right	Y
Which is the false and the true	I
The man of peace or the man of fight	Y
Which is the ME and the YOU	I

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