No Like-um Lamb
(By William T. Walfred, U.S.N.C.B., in "Gismo," U.S. Services Magazine, South West Pacific). E hbe-ee hills of ole New Zealand Over plains where live the Kiwi Roams an animal called mutton Chewum grass-short like golf course. NIPUM wool from off a sheepum Sellum out for lotsa wampum Wotta hell to do with sheepum When sheepum get too old um woolly? NEY ZEALAND folk, they eatum mutton Morning, noon and night they eatum Wash um down with lotsa teaum Still got lotsa mutton leftum. Fas ¥4 they hear of Yankee Seabees, Mighty builders, mighty fighters, Sendum mutton-lease and lendum Many, many ships of mutton. EABEE eat and eat um mutton Many, many moon they eatum Long for change for other sump-um Beef um meat um maybe porkum. A Sepetved always love-um sheepum Love um wool to make-um blanket. Lové to see-um sheep in pastureNot in mess-gear, not in galley Not to stow um sheep in belly. EABEE kick like hell on lamb. Seabee cook snot give um damn Seabee cook say stopum talk, Pick up rifle, tomahawk Fight like hell against Japan If Seabee mad no like-um lamb,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 281, 10 November 1944, Page 9
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190No Like-um Lamb New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 281, 10 November 1944, Page 9
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