A British song that everybody knows and loves to whistle.

Popularized in The Bridge Over The River Kwai, and used to great effect in The Breakfast Club.

Although it predates WWII, words were added during the war to the effect that

Interestingly, during WWII, nobody but Hitler and his physician knew that he was, indeed, a one-ball man (although it is unknown if he ever attended a rodeo). I would like to thank P_I for reminding me of the third and fourth lines.

In compliance with the E2 copyright act of 2003, I would like to report that although the music is copyrighted, the lyrics appear to have no individual author, and thus fall under the aegis of folk/traditional/public domain. CST Approved

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