"A LITTLE GIRL'S THANKS.”
(Here is a very beautiful little poem; it had no name attached to it. but it appeared a few weeks ago in a magazine called Woman’s World. We have substituted the word New Zealand instead of Ireland as appears in the original. You should all learn it for a new recitation this year). Oh. thank you, Mister Soldier, For all you’ve done for me ; You left your home and friends, I know, To go across the sea* All day you tramp in mud and mire*, The rain beats on your head, That I may stay here, nice and warm Within my cosy bed. The sun shii’cs bright in New Zealand, The grass is green and sweet; There is no war in our town, All quiet is our street; And iust because you went a wav To make the war to cease, So here toe little children play In quiet and in peace. I’m only just a little girl, But one thing I can do— Each night before 1 go to bed ! always pray for you; I pray that God will keep me got d, W ill bless mamma, and then- - “God guard and keep the soldier man, And bring him home again.”
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White Ribbon, Volume 22, Issue 256, 18 October 1916, Page 15
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206"A LITTLE GIRL'S THANKS.” White Ribbon, Volume 22, Issue 256, 18 October 1916, Page 15
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