WATER VERSUS BEER
Reprinted from the N.Z.E.F. Chronicle Edited by Clutha McKenzie I suppose we’re a lot of heathens, Don’t live on the Angel plan; But we’re sticking it in the trenches, And doing the best we can. While preachers way Down Under, Who rave on Kingdom Come, Ain’t pleased with our ability, And wants to stop our rum. Water, they say, would be better; Water! Great God! out here, We’re up to our knees in water; Do they think we’re standing in beer? Oh, it sounds all right in the pulpit, When you sit in a cushioned pew; But try four days in the trenches, And see what water will do. —H.C.H.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 65, Issue 5493, 3 July 1942, Page 3
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