“THAT IS ALL”
“Attention Please! Attention Please! The troops all know this phrase. They cock an ear, and try to hear. What the loud speaker says. “ Would One-Two-Three-Four Private Blank’ The speaker goes on to bawl.’ “Report at once to the Orderly Room!” And ends with —“That is all.!! “That is all ! That is all!” says Pte. Blank, As he puts his winnings away. “That’s all we hear on this flaming ship, A hundred times a day. I wonder what they’ve thought up now, To interrupt my leisure. Whatever it is, it won’t be nice, That’s the way they get their pleasure.” “Attention please! Attention Please" ! Once again we stop to listen. We’ve dashed on deck to do boat drill, And are in our right position. “You’ll have to move faster!” the speaker says, Not merely at a crawl, If the'boat is hit, you’ll be left behind, Boat stations dismissed, — That is all. That is all! That is all! It’s getting us down, Why must they always say it. I suspect they’ve got a recording made, And it amuses them to play it. But the one that riles us most of all, Is the one they give us each night. It’s the one about the black-out rules, When we have to douse each light. “Attention Please! Attention Please"! Black-out is now in force. • No smoking on deck, no lights AT to be shown, No matter what its source. Until such time as the ' . black-out is lifted, ' You simply must play ball.
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Highlander, Volume 1, Issue 13, 18 April 1945, Page 2
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257“THAT IS ALL” Highlander, Volume 1, Issue 13, 18 April 1945, Page 2
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