THE THINGS I'VE SEEN
Perhaps a hundred years from now,
When I below the sod am jammed,
Some bloke may pick up this 'ere pome,
And read, and say, "Well, I'll be damned!"
When I below the sod am jammed,
Some bloke may pick up this 'ere pome,
And read, and say, "Well, I'll be damned!"
"There's nothing new," the Preacher says,
"That happens underneath the sun"—
And yet the curious things I've seen;
The bloomin' curious things I've done.
"That happens underneath the sun"—
And yet the curious things I've seen;
The bloomin' curious things I've done.
I've seen young blokes what has been bred
To sell duds in a draperie,
Stand under fire and keep their head
Wi' seasoned sodjers same as me!
To sell duds in a draperie,
Stand under fire and keep their head
Wi' seasoned sodjers same as me!
I've 'ad them on a bombing raid,
Wi' faces and wi' bay'nets black,
And not a single one afraid
And not a single man hang back!
Wi' faces and wi' bay'nets black,
And not a single one afraid
And not a single man hang back!
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