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THE RISING SUN
Fix this textA Journal of the *A,I.F.in France. (With which is incorporated "The Honk.")
Fix this textNo. 6. SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE. JANUARY 15TH, 1917. PRICE
Fix this textFORGET.
Fix this text(From the Somme trenches).
Fix this textWhen I am dead, and left this mortal strife
Fix this textLay me not 'neath the trees, whose hidden life
Fix this textIn time will creep, and feed upon my bones,
Fix this textAnd leaves will spring, and shoot beyond the zones
Fix this textOf mother earth, to leave their perfume there ;
Fix this textIf one passed by, she with the sunkissed hair,
Fix this textAnd zephyrs chanced to waft their living scent,
Fix this textThe love of old would surge, and discontent
Fix this textWould mar a life that need no sorrow know,
Fix this textAh ! where to find a place to lay me low.
Fix this textThe open fields ! aye, there my bones intern,
Fix this textFor in this spot no living soul will learn
Fix this textOf my abode ; no cross, no flowers gay,
Fix this textBut sunshine, drying tears of dew, each day.
Fix this textV. N. HOPKINS.
Fix this text" USE THE JOKER."
Fix this textSo you're way down in the dumps,
Fix this textBlue, you say.
Fix this textWhat ! ?you've played out Ml your trumps,
Fix this textOh, go 'way !
Fix this textLife is not a hand of poker,
Fix this textIn this game you use the joker;
Fix this textIts the card to hold the longest,
Fix this textIts the one you find the strongest.
Fix this textLaugh and drive the Blues away;
Fix this textLaugh, I say ! p IP
Fix this textTHE DINKUM TEN.
Fix this textTen gallant sappers, marching in line
Fix this textAlong came a whizzbang and then there were nine;
Fix this textNine gallant sappers, digging the mud,
Fix this textOne struck something?must've been a dud ;
Fix this textEight gallant sappers looking for sport
Fix this textCame on some ammonal?another sapper short;
Fix this textSeven gallant sappers, shovels and picks,
Fix this textCaught in barbed wire, and so there were six ;
Fix this textSix gallant sappers, too much alive,
Fix this textPlayed with some "Mills " bombs, and then there
Fix this textwere five ;
Fix this textFive gallant sappers, tired and sore,
Fix this textPicked up a microbe and so there were four;
Fix this textFour gallant sappers got up to see
Fix this textOver the parapet, then there were three ;
Fix this textThree gallant sappers, feeling so blue,
Fix this textOne drank the others' rum, then there were two :
Fix this textTwo gallant sappers, met with a Hun
Fix this textWho turned out a sniper and so there was one ;
Fix this textOne gallant sapper who sought souvenirs,
Fix this textFound a Bosch mine, and ?mafeesh Engineers.
Fix this textA. N. SHUTTLEWORTH.
Fix this textAviation Officer: ''And what experience have
Fix this textyon of flying ?''
Fix this textApplicant Stringy bark : "I used ter keep pigeons
Fix this textout in Orstralia, Sir! "
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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