Gourmet Grub

Meat & Vegetables

With the trials of this Army life
(There is just one thing always very rife)
It matters not where you may be
You will be served, invariably
With M & V

Despite the efforts of our charming cooks
(Always the victims of some dirty looks)
However cunningly they try
To conceal it beneath a pie
It's M & V

You think of leave - the Alex Club in Rome
(Or try the Piccadilly nearer home)
Whatever meal you care to buy
They're almost sure to wipe your eye
With M & V

Here by the sea you sizzle in the sun
(And dream of salads in the days to come)
Think of Release Group Sixty-one
Their baptism has just begun
On M & V

And when at last you reach old Blighty's shore
(Your in-laws send you to the local store)
Sold out of bully, spam and egg
No! Nothing left, e'en though you beg
But M & V

Composed by 'A' Squadron's David Fallis, A/ARSL Mustang Rover Crew
Inspired by the not so fond memory of the Army's "Meat and Vegetables."

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