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Robert Service

“Fleurette,” Robert W. Service

Fleurette THE WOUNDED CANADIAN SPEAKS: My leg? It’s off at the knee. Do I miss it? Well, some. You see I’ve had it since I was born; And lately a devilish corn. (I rather chuckle with glee To think how … Continue reading

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Robert Service, “My Bay’nit”

My Bay’nit When first I left Blighty they gave me a bay’nit And told me it ‘ad to be smothered wiv gore; But blimey! I ‘aven’t been able to stain it, So far as I’ve gone wiv the vintage of … Continue reading

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"Only a Boche," Robert Service

Only a Boche We brought him in from between the lines: we’d better have let him lie;For what’s the use of risking one’s skin for a tyke that’s going to die?What’s the use of tearing him loose under a gruelling … Continue reading

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