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WHO ANSWERED THE CALL (Contributed). He isn'l very clever And he liasn’l much lo say. His chest is rather narrow. And his feel gel in the way: He hasn't any swagger. And Ihe girls all say lie's slow, Rul when they called for volunteers, He fell lie had lo go. He's no greal hand ai drilling (You should bear I tie sergeant swear), If there’s a gap in forming-fours, It’s he who isn'l there: lie’s lost in his footwear. And his uniform’s no fit. But lie’s sc I his leeih. and Irving, And he means lo do his bit. For lie's gol a kind of feeling Thai things must be put right, And though lie's not a talker. Yel a chap a I Hast can tight; And with any luck lie's hoping. .When be learns lo hold a gun, To lie knocking spots off Hitler, And have Fritz upon Ihe run.
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Franklin Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 19, 19 February 1940, Page 4
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153A RECRUIT Franklin Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 19, 19 February 1940, Page 4
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