YPRES.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 35, 12 November 1920, Page 1

YPRES.

—A la Belge.

— A 1' Anglais.

With Variations.

(Y.P.R.S. in "N.Z. at the Front.") When the Boche sent his shells into EEP, A timid yo.ung French chimney sweep Declared, when he woke from his sleep, With horror he felt his flesh creep, To hear the shells crashing down In the heart of the town, And the chimneys a-goin' so cheap. — A la Erancaise. His wife, with one eye, wag a sweeper In the famous Cloth Hall of old EEPER, And one day as she opened her peeper To rouse up her lazy young sleeper, She growled like a Turk At the thought of her work, While the Boches were st-ill shelling EEPER,

Now this young chimney sweep, In the city of EEP, And hi3 wife the tired sweeper, Who called the place EEPER, Though sometimes a little bit snappy, Were really contented and happy, Till tbey took to strong drink, And the reason, I think, Was their hearingtwo tanked "Tommy" swipers, At the close of the day, In an estaminet, Making fun of the "neonle of WIPERS !