THE QUARTERBLOKE WRITES HOME.
“ Lights Out ” had been blown on the Barrack Square, And the moon shone dim above, But a lamp still burned in the Sergeant’s Mess, And there sat the Battery Q.M.S. And he wrote to his own dear love. SUBJECT : Affection, boundless, Oft heretofore evinced, And Accusations, groundless, In yours of 2nd inst. Agree your recollection Of vows in days, old, good; But subsequent sub-section Is not quite understood. Admit I am acquainted With lasses, local, one, But reference hussies, painted, The total held is none. Besides, re Love, will ever Indent for same on you. Though we’re apart, could never, Kiss women, Strange, in lieu. So will you bid suspicion, Unjust, take wings and fly? Please expedite rendition, Of favourable reply ! “ Punch,” "4/3/42.
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Flak, 1 July 1943, Page 29
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