Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire

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"Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire"
Written	World War I
Language	English
Form	march
Recorded by	Chumbawamba

Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire is a war song of World War I. The song describes the location of various army members, usually in decreasing order of rank, with the conclusion: "I know where he is, he's (drinking up the company's rum, on the floor, etc.) The final verse depends on a pun, where privates can be soldiers of the lowest rank or male genitalia, which are hanging on the old barbed wire. Roud 9618

[edit] Recordings

• Chumbawamba on English Rebel Songs 1381-1984 1988 and 2003

[edit] Stage

• In the score of Oh! What a Lovely War 1969