Several versions of a song called "D-Day Dodgers", set to the tune "Lili Marleen" (music by Norbert Schultze in 1938, a favorite song of the troops in the North African Campaign), were sung in the last months of the war and at post-war reunions. The lyrics were written in November 1944 by Lance-Sergeant Harry Pynn of the Tank Rescue Section, 19 Army Fire Brigade, who was with the 78th Infantry Division just south of Bologna, Italy. There were many variations on verses but the song generally and sarcastically referred to how easy their life in Italy was. There was no mention of Lady Astor in the original lyrics. Many Allied personnel in Italy had reason to be bitter, as the bulk of material support for the Allied armies went to Northwest Europe after the invasion of Normandy. They also noted that they had participated in several "D-days" of their own before the landings in Normandy became popularly known as "D-Day". Italian campaign veterans noted that they had been in action for eleven months before the Normandy landings, and some of those had served in North Africa even before that. It is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index #10499. It was printed in Sing Out! Magazine Volume 10. Although Hamish Henderson did not write the song, he did collect different versions of it and it is attributed to him in the sleeve notes of the Ian Campbell Folk Group's Contemporary Campbells (1965). Many different variations have been recorded. It was also recorded by Pete Seeger on The Complete Bowdoin College Concert 1960 (recorded 1960 released 2011), The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem on Home Boys Home (1968), The Leesiders (UK folk duo) on The Leesiders (1968), The Spinners (UK folk band) on By Arrangement (1973), The Yetties on Up in Arms (1974) (track listed as "Lili Marlele"), Hamish Imlach on A Man's A Man (1978), Ian Robb on From Different Angels (1994), Pete Seeger on Kisses Sweeter Than Wine (1996), Kathy Hampson's Free Elastic Band (1990s) and The Houghton Weavers on Songs of Conflict (2012).