"A Deaf Ear"
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WHIM-WHAM
Y obsolescent Radio Receives no News from Tokyo: Though eloquent may be the Flow Of Oriental Guile, Though Pearls of Propaganda fall, They interest me not at all; In vain those subtle Signals call From Nippon’s nasty Isle! HEY’RE up to all the usual Games, A Bulletin that daily claims A Tally of tongue-twisting NamesOf That I have no Doubt! But let their Pidgin English fill The Ether, squandering their Skill, The net Effect on me is Nil However hard they shout! O they set out to cause Alarm? My sole Reaction’s perfect Calm! Or broadcast Blandishments to charm Me? I remain immune! Not listening, how should I care Two Raps what Japs are on the Air, Or if they speak me foul or fair, Or how they change their Tune? ‘HE Broadcasts of the Japanese May far surpass the BBC’sIndeed, the Possibility’s Not one to be excluded! . How can I know? But if I could (Let This be clearly understood) I know by Which of them I would Prefer to be deluded!
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 137, 6 February 1942, Page 4
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178"A Deaf Ear" New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 137, 6 February 1942, Page 4
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