AN EPIC FROM EGYPT.
(By TROOPER BLUEGUM.i It ain't no use a-swearlu'. It ain't-no good to fret; There's little gained by grous'ln' " - Or getting all upset. This wilderness Is rotten— All flies, and dust, and tears. But the Israelites they stuck it For years and years and years. The Willie-Willies choke yer, The dust-storms get yer down;. The red sun robs yer beauty, And burns yer black and brown. The drought Is something shocking; I The thirst, our squadron tears. ' Can only be abolished ■ . '..'..: Z. By beera and beers and beers. But war won't last tor ever,-" ' ■- This scrap'll soon be done, -. ■ . Au' we'll have done our little bit ; A-strafing o' the Hfcn; An' when we get back-home again. ■ An' meet our little dears, AU thought ot Egypt will, be drowned In cheers and cheers and cheers. ~"London Opinion." .
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 240, 7 October 1916, Page 13
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139AN EPIC FROM EGYPT. Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 240, 7 October 1916, Page 13
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