whallah

Updated: May 5, 2025

Where the moonlight is white and the shadows are black, They are climbing the winding and rocky mule-track "Jhill-o! Johnnie, Jhill-o!" By the blessing of Allah he's more than one wife; "Jhill-o! Johnnie, Jhill-o!" He's forbidden the wine which encourages strife, But you don't like the look of his dangerous knife; "Jhill-o! Johnnie, Jhill-o!" The picturesque whallah is dusky and spare; "Jhill-o!

John Hargrave - At Suvla Bay : Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war.