COUPON CHARLIE
Have you ever met Staff/Sgt. Hicks, The boss of our Canteen, He has a staff that numbers two Jock Cairns and Baldy Skeen. Now Ted he comes from Yorkshire Where he ran a grocery store; So they put him in the camp Canteen For the duration of war. Well Hicksie was delighted, It was his heart’s desire, To have another little shop Like the one in old Yorkshire. He has a system of his own He must conserve his stock; You cannot buy tobacco During the break at ten o’clock. . - He . will not argue with the boys, / And it’s no good getting shirty, You buy your smokes right after tea Or next morn before eight-thirty. He’s very strict upon this point ?• And you can’t work any rackets; If you want matches with your fags You have to buy two packets. Now razor blades are very scarce, But Ted has found a way; He’s made some little coupons And you get them with your pay. He has coupons now for everything There’s no more reckless buying; If you haven’t got your little card You’ll waste your time in trying. ,/ He’s rationed this and rationed that With him you cannot parley; And that is why he’s known to-day As the Canteen’s Coupon Charlie.
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Camp News, Volume 3, Issue 146, 30 October 1942, Page 3
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213COUPON CHARLIE Camp News, Volume 3, Issue 146, 30 October 1942, Page 3
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