HOME WAS NEVER LIKE THIS !
In the sultry heat of-the tropics, Jut a few degrees south of the line Lies the lonely island of (censored)' ’There the weather is seldom fine* It’S ( only a dot in the ocean, A beautiful sight, from the air, You’ll get a different opinion I?- you ask any Kiwi who’s there. lor’tia there that .the jungle grows ’ The trees interlace and thjchest? ..he trees interlace and entwine, Should you find a track that looks easy, You’re sure to trip on a vine* Fresh water is always a problem, On wash-day the boys look so. glum, As they wish that to (censored) , n •. I»Jlan o. , And Bnzed bound troop-ship ’would come. Yes we’re sick of the sigh-t of tinned ? . > rations, Of H & V. tins by the'score., .as no matter how short is f;hc messqueue - The troops will not ask if there’s mere I So take us to latitudes forty, Away from this island, of trees To a land where food grows in plenty, And health floats along iiy each ’ breeze. het the Japs make their Mine- in the 4- Tri ', 4 r» cs .
To a-, white man they’re newt door to . . hell - /indgive us a sight of fair pastures In the-country kg- all love no well. />'■ „ ’’Pro Bono Publico.”
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HQ Highlights, Issue 6, 11 March 1944, Page 1
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