Well? (Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy Poems)
Our Padre were a solemn bloke,We called 'im dismal Jim.It fairly gave ye t' bloomin' creeps,To sit and 'ark at ...
Our Padre were a solemn bloke,We called 'im dismal Jim.It fairly gave ye t' bloomin' creeps,To sit and 'ark at ...
Unless you 'ide that axe, she sez, "'E'll 'urt 'imself reel bad.An' after all - Now, Bill, don't cry! - ...
Well, I've done my bit o' scrappin',And I've done in quite a lot;Nicked 'em neatly wiv my bayonet,So I needn't ...
The world 'as got me snouted jist a treat; Crool Forchin's dirty left 'as smote me soul;An' all them joys ...
Now, Ma-til-der! Ain't cher dressed yet? I declare, the girl ain't up!Last as ushul. Move yerself, you sleepy'-ead!Are you goin' ...
As I was walking beside the docks I met a pal o' mineI sailed with once on the Colonies' run ...
I metabloke in Collun-street - A cove I yustanoWhen I wus workin Southoss, A yeerertwo ago.Sezzi, "Well, owye kumminup? I ...
I ain't the kind of bloke as takes to any steady job;I drives me bottle cart around the town;A bloke ...
I've put the old mare's tail in plaits &mdash now ain't she lookin' gay,With ribbons in 'er mane likewise, you'd ...
The men are talking peace at 'ome, but 'ere we're talking fight,There's many a little debt we've got to square;A ...
'E 'ad spragged me before for the loan of a quid. But I told 'im straight out I was broke.Still ...
Speakin' in general, I'ave tried 'em all The 'appy roads that take you o'er the world. Speakin' in general, I'ave ...
You call yourself a man, For all you used to swear, An' Leave me, as you can, My certain shame ...
The Liner she's a lady, an' she never looks nor 'eeds -- The Man-o'-War's 'er 'usband, an' 'e gives 'er ...
Speakin' in general, I'ave tried 'em all The 'appy roads that take you o'er the world. Speakin' in general, I'ave ...
When first I left Blighty they gave me a bay'nit And told me it 'ad to be smothered wiv gore; ...
Humping it here in the dug-out, Sucking me black dudeen, I'd like to say in a general way, There's nothing ...
'Ave you seen Bill's mug in the Noos to-day? 'E's gyned the Victoriar Cross, they say; Little Bill wot would ...
You want me to tell you a story, a yarn of the firin' line, Of our thin red kharki 'eroes, ...
"Where 'ave you been this week or more, 'Aven't seen you about the war'? Thought perhaps you was at the ...
I ain't the kind of bloke as takes to any steady job; I drives me bottle cart around the town; ...
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