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November 25, 1914.]

The Worst Character in the village (who has repeatedly been pressed by the inhabitants to enlist).



 

much has been written of the songs that inspire our own brave troops on the march, little is heard of those affected by our Allies.

Happily Mr. Punch's Special Eye-witness with General Headquarters in the Eastern Area has been enabled to send us the words of a song which, set to an old Slav air, is rendered with immense élan by the gallant Russians as they go into battle. It is as follows:—

By the more cultured Russian regiments, i.e., those recruited in the neighbourhood of the German frontier, the last line is rendered:—

to rhyme with Lvoff—the correct pronunciation Lwow, according to a contemporary. 