Them Soldier Fellows.
A young Australian who did not volun** tt»er for- 1 service iiK the Boer War is troubled by- the* enthusiastic way ia which hie»be«t girl speaks of the soldiers, and also of the pleasure it will give heron their arrivabbome.. He writes : - When I see them soldier fellers What’s a-comin’ home from war*
A>kissm’ all the party- gals It’ll make me kind* o’ sore- ■ •. To think Irdidn’t lake-a g,un An’march*o£E.wiih»the res£ ’ t An' fight agin old Kruger ani . Put my courage to-the test*.
But thore’a-onebig consolation** When I-think of whet I> missed,.
When ofthemsoldiertA gettin’ buggedrsnd-kisaed. Bor t]iey don-t know that aD the time* They wna»etlih*'Tran*vaal free Bkissed an’ hugged them-very gala That not* won’t look at me-
* Mother*putting* tbw boy oat of*.the* pantry):: *How many more timea will T have to tell Toa?to keep away from the preserTejar ?* Smhll Boy (sobbing):* * He* more*, mamma. L tbsv.*ra all eoneJ'
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 169, 29 June 1901, Page 4
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152Them Soldier Fellows. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 169, 29 June 1901, Page 4
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