it developed into a lengthy harmonica medley which included a verse and chorus from this as well as several other songs, some also traditional. "Three German Officers Crossed the Rhine" is a song with much more ribald set of lyrics, popular on rugby tours but sung to the same tune or to that of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home". It was originally sung in the allied trenches during the First World War. A reworked version known as the “fart song” or as “an old lady of 92” was popular in schools, particularly in the UK, with lyrics celebrating a flatulent journey including Bristol and Rome. A reworked version of the melody was used in the Israeli songwriter Haim Hefer's song "בחולות" ("Bacholot" or "Bakholot", "In the Sands"), best known for its performance by the singer Yossi Banai. The song consist of six stanzas telling of a tendency among the narrator's family males to take out the beloveds into (and conceive their children in) the titular sands. Mademoiselle From Armentieres was the title of a 1927 espionage, thriller novel by Cecil Street, writing under the name John Rhode. Lyrics There are many variations to the lyrics, but a typical 1940s version of the song would go as follows: Three German officers crossed the Rhine Parlez-Vous Three German officers crossed the Rhine Parlez-Vous Three German officers crossed the Rhine To fuck the women and drink the wine Inky pinky parlez-vous They breached the line in a Tiger tank Parlez-vous They breached the line in a Tiger tank Parlez-vous They breached the line in a Tiger tank One to drive and two to wank Inky pinky parlez-vous They came upon a wayside inn Parlez-vous They came upon a wayside inn Parlez-vous They came upon a wayside inn Parked the tank and walked right in Inky pinky parlez-vous Oh landlord have you a daughter fair Parlez-vous Oh landlord have you a daughter fair Parlez-vous Oh landlord have you a daughter fair With eyes of blue and long blonde hair Inky pinky parlez-vous My daughter she is much too young Parlez-vous My daughter she is much too young Parlez-vous My daughter she is much too young To be fucked by you, you bastard Hun Inky pinky parlez-vous Oh father dear I'm not too young Parlez-vous Oh father dear I'm not too young Parlez-vous Oh father dear I'm not too young I've been fucked by the