THE NURSE
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Then I noses about again, and remarks,"There ain't no cause for alarm,But unless I'm mighty mistaken, Mike,Number three's in your fore left arm!"
I'd got splints all over my pore old stumps,And lint all over my skin,And I found 'arf a dozen aperturesWhat had let bits o' shrapnel in;And thinks I, "You've more metal in your hideThan money in your purse,"And I opened my eyes, and attempted to smile,And there again was the Nurse.
She looked at me so sorrowful,Yet brightly, too. Says I,"It's no use patching a hulk like me,Nurse, hadn't you best let me die?"I seen her brush her eyes with her hand,Then she gave her proud head a toss,And, "Michael," she says, "would you like to seeA Red Cross Nurse really cross?"
