"THE ENGLISH OF THE LINE."
Sir-I am _ grateful to "Ex-2nd N.Z.E.F." (Wellington) for his reference to my verses "The English of the Line." This was published some 20 years ago. On February 18, 1942, verses on the same theme appeared in Punch over the signature J.S.H. The title was "Amongst Those Present . . ." I quote the first of : the three sections of the poem: Oh, them chaps wot writes the papers ’as a mighty lot to tell Of the Aussies and New Zealanders ar’ Indian troops as well, An’ them youngsters from South Africa wot’s givin’ us a handAnd, mind yer, don’t mistake me now, Pll say they’re doin’ grand! But it some’ow seems to ’appen when they’re making such a fuss Of ’oo took this and ’oo ’eld that, yer don’t ’ear much of us! But if yer counts the ’eads yer’ll find there’s five in every nine A-servin’ in a good old English Reg’ment o’ the line! Later on the writer mentioned the Scots and Welsh and Irish, and concluded by saying that "up with all the best" were the "stick-it-lads-and-beat-’em-to-it English Reg’ment o’ the Line!"
ALAN
MULGAN
(Wellington),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 239, 21 January 1944, Page 3
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