THE CAMP LAUREATE
A certain J.P. Noted for verse M.C., referee, Merits a curse Ye Gods It’s over the odds. Two poems this week From Colonels to cows He is quite versatile He write and he types His odes by the mile He has to record promotion Award In correct Army style Should he lapse into verse I fear for my file. . ' ? / Robert Burns, Kipling, And others of fame Started as young Though I would not name Who knows? J.P. Might do the same. It’s the poem that matters What’s in a name? When he , writes on the zephyrs, The stars and the moon, / The stage is all set He may start to croon. Call. Sydney at once ... ■ ' Fire hose and tin hat Leave treatment to Syd And that’s that. There may be a crowd . Controlled by one Hicks Supported by Jonesie Rationed with bricks Horses, a cow and a goat Will sure to be there, All eager to have ' Some locks of the poet’s hair. But leave it to Syd boys He knows the drill, Many a poor soldier Remembers his skill; A little cold water Issued neat and with care Has been known to cure “blindness” Our Poet will get a good share.
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Camp News, Volume 3, Issue 151, 4 December 1942, Page 3
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205THE CAMP LAUREATE Camp News, Volume 3, Issue 151, 4 December 1942, Page 3
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