GIRLS OF THE WOOL BRIGADE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1402, 25 May 1915, Page 2

GIRLS OF THE WOOL BRIGADE.

A pretty little red, white and blue leaflet has been issued in Gloucester, headed by the Union Jack and the Standard crossed. It contains a poem written by Miss M. Brooking, an employee at the Gloucester model laundry, where the girls are knitting socks for the soldiers at the front. The poem is entitled, ‘‘The Girls of the Wool Brigade,” and runs as follows : We can’t carry rifle and bayonet. Although if the need arose I guess we should do our duty In driving back our foes. Our weapons are four bright needles, Our bullets are balls of wool, We’re knitting socks for the soldiers, The soldiers of John Bull. We can’t go to fight the Germans, Our men are doing that well; But we’re doing our bit for the soldiers, We are facing the shot and shell, We can’t go nursing the wounded, So we knit on undismayed, And we’ll send the socks with love from the Girls of the Wool Brigade. The poem is being printed and sold at Ida copy and the proceeds are given to purchase wool for the girls to continue their good work.