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Illustration by Joseph Lee from 'Work-a-day Warriors' by Joseph Lee, published in 1917

A WAYSIDE ESTAMINET IN FLANDERS

 

THE ESTAMINET

 

The Recreation Hut is dull,The Dry Canteen is dry,And some'ow neither seems designedFor soldiers sich as I;I likes some family comfortAnd I likes some fireside cheerWhat time I am partaking ofMy little drop o' beer―And so it is I spend my payWithin the old Estamin-ay!Deux bier, Mademoiselle, sil vous play!

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