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CONTENTS
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THE STORY OF UNG | |
Once, on a glittering ice-field, ages and ages ago, | 128 |
THE THREE-DECKER | |
Full thirty foot she towered from waterline to rail, | 134 |
AN AMERICAN | |
If the Led Striker call it a strike, | 139 |
THE MARY GLOSTER | |
I've paid for your sickest fancies; I've humoured your crackedest whim, | 142 |
SESTINA OF THE TRAMP-ROYAL | |
Speakin' in general, I 'ave tried 'em all, | 158 |
Barrack-Room Ballads |
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'BACK TO THE ARMY AGAIN' | |
I'm 'ere in a ticky ulster an' a broken billycock 'at, | 163 |
'BIRDS OF PREY' MARCH | |
March! The mud is cakin' good about our trousies, | 168 |