Twas all that we could do

And now we're in a prison camp
And live on rice and rats,
It might be worse, if Japs were Chinks
We'd have to live on cats.

But I'm fairly optimistic
And some day hope to be
Back in the land of freedom
At home as I used to be

There'll be Merrier Christmas greetings
Then we uttered this Yuletide last
We'll have happier Christmas meetings
When the evils of war are past

We'll sing merrier Christmas anthems
And cheerier New year song
When we think of that Christmas battle
On the Island of old Hong Kong