Quartermaster's Stores

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There were eggs, eggs, eggs with hairy legs,
In the stores,
In the stores,
There were eggs, eggs, eggs with hairy legs,
In the Quartermaster's stores.

Chorus : (after each verse)
My eyes are dim, I cannot see,
I have not brought my specs with me,
I have - not - brought - my - specs - with - me!

There was cheese, cheese, cheese with knobbly knees.....

There was bacon, bacon, unless I was mistaken.......

There was bread, bread, harder than your head .......

There were fleas, fleas, eating all the peas .........

There was gravy, gravy, enough to float the navy.....

There was butter, butter, running down the gutter ....

There were rats, rats, big as alley cats ........

There were mice, mice, digging in the rice ....

The possibilities are endless : try substituting the Scout's names for the usual contents of the "stores" :

There was Scott, Scott, in a baby's cot....

There was Tony, Tony, eating Macaroni....

There was Skip, Skip, looking like a twit...

etc.