The little soldiers of the night
Were the soldiers’ greatest fear.
To them the tanks and mortars
Were nothing but a thing to sneer.
The little soldiers of the night
Well, they were mighty small!
But their trick was a fierce trick
The fiercest of them all!
Why, you say, what’s that trick
That I am speaking of?
It was an itchy titchy bite
So fierce, that it can’t be loved.
So, have you solved my riddle?
Or should I be precise?
Well, the answer to the riddle is
The horrible, hateful LICE!
The soldiers were forced to wear the same clothes
Over and over again.
And when two lice crept into the clothes
A family grew! And bit the bodies of the poor men.