JUST SUPPOSING

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 288, 29 June 1917, Page 1 (Supplement)

JUST SUPPOSING

I'm sit-in' on a gas-pipe in the ruins of Nurlu, Wiv naught to thank the Lord for but a thirst, Just thinkin' of the sin, of that wot might 'avo bin If nobody 'ad volunteered at first. Now, jupposin' that Bapomey was dahn the Hile End-road, An' Poronney was a place round PopJar way, An' the Tiis was burnin' flats and acrucifying - ats Where the mis'sus sells 'er kippers all the day. There's chunks of bricks, an 1 mortar lyin' right acrost the road. There are 'oles as big as palaces for size, An' there's, more than 'linger burnin' in their eyes. Snppo.-in' there was bricks and stones a-blockin 1 up your road An' your 'ouse was on a level with the ground, An' suppose the ph'vful Tn, jiF*t to 'avo a bit of fun, Filled 'is pockets with the ftrinkets that 'e found. Yuu needn't think I'm Yn« me mouth's too dry for tint, An' I've marched until me corns iworn away, But 1 thank the Cnwd above 'E ain't lei tlir fi« rman dove Spread 'is Kultured wings dahn Poplar way. ' X. H GUBBINS.