That was the only variation that came to mind but I can't remember where I ever heard it, so I thought maybe my mind made it up. Maybe I was just pulling from the collective unconscious again ;)
It's the version used by the Pogues in their song And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda, among other places it's used:
And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive But around me the corpses piled higher Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over tits And when I woke up in my hospital bed
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And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive
But around me the corpses piled higher
Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over tits
And when I woke up in my hospital bed
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