THE VOICE FROM THE TRENCHES
Sir,—l was amused at "Bill's" letter this morning, and when the postman came I was further amused because I received a letter from a soldier friend, who says he copied the following lines scrawled on a dug-out in France vacated by some English Tommies; and as they are appropriate, I thoujjbt, to the present moment, here they are: — ' "I suppose we're a lot of heathens— Don't live on the angel plan; But we're sticking it here in the trenches, And doing the best we can, "While preachers over in Blighty, AVho rave about Kingdom Come, , Ain't pleased with our ability, | And are wanting to stop the rum! "Water, they say, would l>e better— AVater! Great God, out here? Why, we're up to our knees in waterDo they think wo are standing in beer? Oh, it sounds all right in the pulpit, ■When you sit in a cushioned pew, But try four days in the trenches, And see what the water will do!" If you can h'nd room for this 'voice from the trenches" you will confer _ a favour on many soldiers who, having returned, will understand.—l am, etc., G.K.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 293, 30 August 1918, Page 6
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194THE VOICE FROM THE TRENCHES Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 293, 30 August 1918, Page 6
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