“FISH TALE”
If we know the Bible stories As undoubtedly we do, The history of Jonah is not Entirely new.
But some of us have asked As we’ve listened to this tale What was the final fate Of Jonah’s friend the whale.
But now at last we know. ' No more will soldiers wonder. The whale that carried Jonah Is another Army blunder, A Quartermaster bought it, As cheap as cheap can be, And now it’s served on troopships That sail across the sea.
When as kids we heard this story, Our mouths would open wide. What a whale it must have been, For a man to live inside. ’ :
But now we’ve seen the quantity Of food from off this whale We imagine Jonah moved with ease From its gullet to its tail.
At the moment we are living On the meat from off this fish Although we all agree that it’s, A most unsavoury dish.
But though we’re always growling And moaning all day through, We think we’re jolly lucky
There was only onenot TWO !
A.McN.C.
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Down the Hatch, Issue 5, 5 February 1944, Page 8 (Supplement)
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