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THE VOICE OF THE BATTALION I
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Fix this textTHE WEEKLY WHIRLIGIG.
Fix this textOn going to press, we have to confess,
Fix this textlast week was a bit of a stunner! what
Fix this textwith Russia upturned, and the Dago
Fix this textturned up, both have got rather a
Fix this text" Wunner." But to balance the bill, the
Fix this textTurk's got a pill, and one that is awk-
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Fix this textter, in Jerusalem?no matter?the old cry
Fix this textof "Allah!'' he'll "holler." Old Can-
Fix this textAda's best, Passchendale to possess, with
Fix this textTommy fought up to tradition, for tho'
Fix this textodds they were rough, the " blood and
Fix this text'iron bluff,'-couldn't save this valued pos-
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Fix this texttho' hard be the strain, when Teutonic
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