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VERSE 1: Soldier boy on the sodden ground,
Sailor lad on the seas,
Can't your hear a little clicket-ty sound.
Stealing across the breeze,
It's the Knitting needles singing their song,
As they twine the khaki and blue,
thousands and thousands and thousands strong,
Tommy and Jack for you.
CHORUS: click, click, clic,..... how they dart and flick.....
Flashing in the fire light to and fro....
Now for purl and plain.... Round and round a-gain....
Knitting love and knitting luck in ev'ry row....
VERSE 2: Busy hands may be rough or white.
Fingers gouty or slim,
Careful eyes may be youthfully bright,
Or may be weary and dim,
Lady and work girl young and old.
They've all got one end in view,
Knitting warm comforts against the cold,
Tommy and Jack for you.
VERSE 3: Knitting still by the midnight oil,
Knitting when day begins,
Lads, in the stress of your splendid toil,
Can't you hear the song of the pins,
Click-et-ty click tho' the wind and the foam,
It's telling the boys over there,
That ev'ry wool-ly that comes from home,
Brings a smile and a hope and a pray'r.