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Book: Hello Soldier

Published in 1919

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  • As The Troops Went Through
    I heard this day, as I may no more,
    The world's heart throb at my workshop door.
    54 lines
  • Jam (A Hymn of Hate)
    What is meant by active service
            'Ere where sin is leakin' loose,
    47 lines
  • The Crusaders
    What price yer humble, Dicko Smith,
    in gaudy putties girt,
    88 lines
  • The Girl I Left Behind Me
    I said: “I leave my bit of land-
      In khaki they've entwined me,
    46 lines
  • When Tommy Came Marching Home
    Devine came back the other day.
    We'd planned a great home-comin'.
    46 lines
  • Hello, Soldier!
    Back again 'n' nothin' missin' barrin'
    arf a hand,
    89 lines
  • Out Of Khaki
    I slung me khaki suit to-day.
    Civilian now front heel to chin
    48 lines
  • Battle Passes
    A quaint old gabled cottage sleeps be-
        tween the raving hills.
    72 lines
  • The Letters Of The Dead
    A letter came from Dick to-day;
      A greeting glad he sends to me.
    83 lines
  • Bullets
    As bullets come to us they're thin,
    They're angular, or smooth and fat,
    86 lines
  • The Hapless Army
    “A soldier braving disease and death on
    the battlefield has a seven times better chance
    36 lines
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