DREAMS AND REALITIES.
Beneath the -lofty Norfolk Pine- the dreamy airman .'sat,: Stroking the chin of his "ace long and thin- .' : And twirling pis much-abused hat,Oh to be a mutineer and-. sail the seven seasJ• 'But instead of that, there he sat, And-watched "Butch" scratching his fleas. ' He dreamed of his hares. -in, distant -Turkey, . and his con—- - cubines numbering fifty, - , . Then he thought of ■’’■he all down at Rawson Hall, ' ■ And 'the dancing girls co nifty. .. He gracefully glided across tie floor and Paul, Whiteman played all night Jong, ' . • ■ But his fancies were in.-’ ’cos Somerville-pyan -’ * Had just played the "PrisonersJ. Song." He feasted- on, fowl and spices, and . succulent turkey gobs, . Then he thought of the morn aid the six-o’-clock horn,. And Harry's mince + hJngajnabobs. Then suddenly the still morn air was filled.;with roar .' , like an-angry bear: - , , . ' "GET DOW 01? YOUn KKFrs AND START PICKING- NY PEA 81 "
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Duffy's Gen, Volume 1, Issue VIII, 1 August 1945, Page 8
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150DREAMS AND REALITIES. Duffy's Gen, Volume 1, Issue VIII, 1 August 1945, Page 8
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