Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER: | 1723 |
AUTHOR: | Rudyard Kipling (18651936) |
QUOTATION: | Oh, it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ ‘Tommy, go away’; But it’s ‘Thank you, Mister Atkins’, when the band begins to play— The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play, Oh, it’s ‘Thank you, Mister Atkins,’ when the band begins to play. |
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SUBJECTS: | Soldiers |