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First line of verse: "We are the Ragtime Army,"

Appears in:

y Aussie : The Australian Soldiers Magazine no. 3 8 March 1918 Z590765 1918 periodical issue 1918
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1918
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pg. 3
Note: This version has the second line: 'The Aussie Infantry,' and has the final line: 'To draw six bob a day!'
Appears in:

y Australian Voices : A Collection of Poetry and Pictures Edward Kynaston (editor), Ringwood : Penguin , 1974 Z477268 1974 anthology poetry Ringwood : Penguin , 1974
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1974
)
pg. 144

Alternative title: Six-Bob-A-Day
First line of verse: "We are a ragtime Army;"

Notes:

This version has the second line: 'The Fifteenth Batt. are we,' and has the final line: 'To get six-bob-a-day!'

Appears in:

y The Penguin Book of Australian Humorous Verse Bill Scott , Ringwood : Penguin , 1984 Z408517 1984 anthology poetry humour Ringwood : Penguin , 1984
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1984
)
pg. 99

Alternative title: The Ragtime Army
First line of verse: "We are the ragtime army, the A.N.Z.A.C.,"

Notes:

This version joins the first and second lines and has the final line: 'Are the A.N.Z.A.C.'

Appears in:

y The Book of Australian Popular Rhymed Verse : A Classic Collection of Entertaining and Recitable Poems and Verse : From Henry Lawson to Barry Humphries Jim Haynes (editor), Sydney : ABC Books , 2008 Z1495972 2008 anthology poetry Sydney : ABC Books , 2008
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2008
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pg. 298

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