whallahs

Updated: May 3, 2025

The Indian whallahs go up to the hills; "Jhill-o! Johnnie, Jhill-o!" They pass by the spot where the gun-cotton kills; But those who come down carry something that chills; "Jhill-o! Johnnie, Jhill-o!" On the edge of the Salt Lake, by the blue Aegean shore, Hawk and I dug a little underground home into the sandy hillock upon which our ambulance was now encamped.

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.

They roared with laughter, and ever afterwards called him "Himalayas." The Indian whallahs go up to the hills "Jhill-o! Johnnie, Jhill-o!" They pass by the spot where the gun-cotton kills; They shiver and huddle they feel the night chills "Jhill-o! Johnnie, Jhill-o!" With creaking and jingle of harness and pack "Jhill-o! Johnnie, 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.