Posted by Woll on November 05, 2009 at 00:36:22 user Woll.
In Reply to: Re: Literary allusions posted by Ed Kiser on November 04, 2009 at 15:45:30:
The saying appears to be from: SALT-WATER BALLADS BY JOHN MASEFIELD:
' the next I knowed I was bandaged up 'n' my arm were in a sling,
'N' a swab in uniform were there, 'n' "Well," says he, u 'n how
Are yer arms, 'n' legs, 'n' liver, 'n' lungs, 'n' bones a-feelin' now ? "