VERSES TO A COOK
N . J.
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People write of airmen and admirals and such, And praise the sergeant-major when he doesn't mat r much, And they even give the corporals in turn a line to book, But no-one ever thinks of writing verses to a cook. Now., any man with brains can fly a plane in time, And roar like Ferdinand the Bull — "Attention, fall in line", And when you know you’re for it like a soldier fall and die, But no-one out of ninety, Sir, can make an apple pie. I’ve often wondered, bitterly why people of the press, Have glamorised the battlefield and ye t ignor e d the mess, It shows they’re sadly lacking in their nation’s fighting zeal, Without their daily victuals, Sir, I wonder how they'd feel. So if your smart reporters and your poets want a look At what’s behind the medals, let them interview the co ok J
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Arty AnTiDote, Issue 6, 2 October 1943, Page 6
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156VERSES TO A COOK Arty AnTiDote, Issue 6, 2 October 1943, Page 6
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