“JOCK.”

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 26, 31 May 1915, Page 6

“JOCK.”

(Contributed). Jock has gaun an’ ’listed, Jock’s a sbdger true, Ye wad hardly ken,Jock if ye saw him noo; In fact, somebody telt him, he looked jist like a man; He said he’d prove he wig yin, or be an “also ran.”

Jock wis nae an angel) whan leevin’ doon oor street.

“He’s worse than seevin deevils,” said the polls on the beat ; “An’ if he fechas in battle as he focht on Setterday nicht, X wadna be a German whan Jock comes into sicht.” He says the toon o’ Berlin will suit him to a “T,” An’, fegs, I wadna wonder, for its aye been on the “Spree” ; But, should a. bullet meet him, said he, “I’ll no’ be hame, For whan a man is killed yince he’s never jist the same.” Jock says that for a fecht noo he’s in the best o’ trim, An’ if the warst should happen, don’t put the blame on him ; If the British bate the Gerhmans, ye’ll ken he’s.done the deed, But if they dinna manage, his death you’re sure to read. He says that something tells him he’s gaun to win the “Cross,” An’ should they no’ mak’ him a captain, that’s jist the Army’s loss. Jock has gaun aiß ’listed, Jock’s a sodger braw, Everybody cheered Jock when he wis

gaun awa’ ; For every yin that kent Jock, o’ ae thing were they shair, Whan it should come to fechtiu’ he’ll hand his, ain, an’ inair.