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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. 19. Somewhere in France, March 24th, 1917. Price 3-4 d.
Fix this textMY LAST LEAVE.
Fix this textI had a lot of things to do.
Fix this textWhen first I lobbed at Waterloo.
Fix this textA hath ?a change?a haircut too.
Fix this textWhilst home for ten days Blighty.
Fix this textI?d left behind that army stew.
Fix this textThose Shells?-that mud ?those Froggies Too
Fix this textAnd changed their ?Comment allez vousl?
Fix this textTo ?How d?you do!? in Blighty.
Fix this textI changed my muddy clothes for new ;
Fix this textThen had my friends?relations too.
Fix this textTo visit ?roughly twenty-two.
Fix this textAll born and bred in Blighty .
Fix this textI wired Fa who's making shells:
Fix this text?Come home'tout suite T? (he seldom spells. |
Fix this text3sie<t day I went to Auntie Nell?s,
Fix this textA maiden aunt in Blighty.
Fix this textDon?t visit atnts when on your pat,
Fix this textI don?t care it they?re thin or fat ?
Fix this textAs sure as you step on the mat
Fix this textBang goes that day in Blighty ,
Fix this textSo when you get your leave from France.
Fix this textAnd get requests from all your aunts
Fix this textTo go-for lunch just wire ?CANTS!?
Fix this textYour leave?s too short in Blighty.
Fix this textIf you?re afraid you might offend,
Fix this textThen Charlie?s Aunt I recommend ;
Fix this textShe keeps you laughing to the end ?
Fix this textA day well spent in Blighty.
Fix this textYour cash mafeesh ?your time just up.
Fix this textYou go to bed and dream of Krupp
Fix this textAnd other joys of France?thumbs up !
Fix this textThat?s ten days leave in Blighty.
Fix this textJ. G.- COSKR/Y.
Fix this textA Warning.
Fix this textI am at the C.C.S. at ??mumps ward.
Fix this textI have only one mump ?it is in the neck.
Fix this textThis morning they woke me at 4 o clock, for
Fix this texta wash in some water that had. almost had the
Fix this textchill taken from it. After 'that I went to sleep
Fix this textagain. , , . , ,
Fix this textAbout breakfast time die Orderly handed me a
Fix this textbowl of steaming liquid and a shallow dish. I
Fix this textdrank the hot stuff and, as the Orderly re-passed,
Fix this texthanded him the shallow dish, expecting him to
Fix this textput some porridge or bacon on it.
Fix this textHe said : ?You haven't used it 1 11
Fix this textI said : ?I?ve drank the tea 1 ?
Fix this textHe appeared worried. ? You?ve drank yer
Fix this textmouthwash,? he said, and hurried from the ward.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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