THE LUCKY BOMBARDIER
With looted breath he scanned, the news "Smith ,F. " * twas true ..At last he was to have his chance To prove he was true blue. He, wheeling, swelled his pidgeon ” chest And, .foot on chimney flue, Ho conjured up in fancy .His deeds of d err do. He led a charge along the nilo And, back from desperate raids, Spent nights of Amorous frisking In arms of docile maids. He rode a camel round the shpinx And on a sunlit beach Ho offered wrong suggestions To many a dusky peach. . When Tunis had been conquered And he’d saved t’Egyptian crown : o strode along the -strewn paths The lord of Cairo town. Un leave then home to England, Having copped a "Blighty one”, Ac 1 a:i,incd by pros s ~ repore s As "The Terror of the Hun” Field Marshals thronged to greet him And proudly shook his hand His "chest adorned with medals By the highest in the land. Duchesses fawned upon him geekiiig his caress But the only one he favoured ’jas a "Ho.tcha” Marchioness. v Just picture then his horror, When all his dreams had fled, To arrive here in Noumea To "H♦ .Defense Group Z" •
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Gun Flash, Issue XI, 13 March 1943, Page 4
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200THE LUCKY BOMBARDIER Gun Flash, Issue XI, 13 March 1943, Page 4
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