Crossword-Solution: GERRYS 6 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 10

But," he continued, "what'll put the fear of God into your sowls, if it isn't there already, is the heavy metal which the Gerrys pitch across to us in exchange for ours.

What the mischief was the matter with them, anyway? Well, then, if any one cared to know, was the reply, 'twas the Gerrys that treated them to a whiff of lachrymose gas! The fatigue, the disgust, and the danger of life in the trenches are, at times, stronger than any other impulse, whether of the flesh or of the soul.

The third is the call to "stand to," telling that a visit from the Gerrys is expected, when the men cease to be navvies and become soldiers again--throwing aside the hateful pick and shovel and taking up the beloved rifle and bayonet.

With a "rumpty-tum-tumty-tum-tumty-tum-tum," they loudly hummed the air of the end of each verse, all unknowing that the Leinsters, singing at the top of their voices, gave the words a topical application-- "With the woolly side out and the skinny side in, Sure, We'll wallop the Gerrys, said Brian O'Lynn." Hearty bursts of laughter and cheers arose from both trenches at the conclusion of the song.

Being short of mallets, one of the Munsters coolly walked across to the enemy and said, "Good-morrow, Gerrys.