When This Fucking War Is Over Sung to the familiar hymn tune "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," this song from the first world war was contributed by a Canadian correspondent to Hubert Canfield in 1926. When this fucking war is over, Oh, how happy we will be. When the fighting all is over, And once again we are free. No more church parades on Sunday. No more asking for a pass. We will tell the sergeant major To shove his passes up his ass.