"A Comprehensive Collection of Soldiers' Songs, Marching Melodies, Rude Rhymes, and Popular Parodies, Composed, Collected, and Arranged on Active service with the B. E. F., by F. T. Nettleingham, 2nd Lt. R. F. C." -- subtitle
Contemporaneous inscription: "Elsbeth, With love and best wishes from Doe, Christmas 1917"