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Edward Dyson - Marshal Neigh, V.C.Edward Dyson - Marshal Neigh, V.C.
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He came from tumbled country past the   humps of Buffalo Where the snow sits on the mountain `n` the   Summer aches below. He`d a silly name like Archie. Squattin`   sullen on the ship, He knew nex` to holy nothin` through the gor-   forsaken trip. No thoughts he had of women, no refreshin`   talk of beer; If he`d battled, loved, or suffered vital facts   did not appear; But the parsons and the poets couldn`t teach   him to discourse When it come to pokin` guyver at a pore,   deluded horse. If nags got sour `n` kicked agin the rules of   things at sea, Artie argued matters with `em, `n` he`d kid   `em up a tree. “Here`s a pony got hystericks. Pipe the word   for Privit Rowe,” The Sargint yapped, `n` all the ship came   cluckin` to the show. He`d chat him confidential, `n` he`d pet `n`   paw the moke; He`d tickle him, `n` flatter him, `n` try him   with a joke; `N` presently that neddy sobers up, `n` sez   “Ive course, Since you puts it that way, cobber, I will be   a better horse.” There was one pertickler whaler, known   aboard ez Marshal Neigh, Whose monkey tricks with Privit Rowe was   better than a play. He`d done stunts in someone`s circus, `n` he   loved a merry bout, Whirlin` in to bust his boiler, or to kick   the bottom out. Rowe he sez: “Well, there`s an idjit! Oh,   yes, let her whiz, you beauty! Where`s yer `orse sense, little feller? Where`s   yer bloomin` sense iv duty? Well, you orter serve yer country!” Then   there`d come a painful hush, `N` that nag would drop his head-piece, `n`, so   `elp me cat, he`d blush. We was heaped ashore be Suez, rifle, horse,   `n` man, `n` tent, Where the land is sand, the water, `n` the   gory firmament. We had intervals iv longin`, we had sweaty   spells of work In the ash-pit iv Gehenner, dumbly waitin`   fer the Turk. We goes driftin` on the desert, nothin` doin`,   nothin` said, Till we get to think we`re nowhere, `n` arf   fancy we are dead, `N` the only `uman interest on the red hori-   zon`s brim Is Marshal Neigh`s queer faney fer the lad   that straddles him. Plain-livin`s nearly, bored us stiff. The Major   calls on Rowe To devise an entertainment. What his   charger doesn`t know Isn`t in the regulations. Him `n` Rowe is   brothers met, `N` that horse`s sense iv humor is the oddest   fancy yet. But the Turk arrives one mornin` on the outer   edge iv space. From back iv things his guns is floppin` kegs   about the place, `N` Privit Artie Rowe along with others iv   the force Goes pig-rootin` inter battle, holdin` converse   with his horse. Little Abdul`s quite a fighter, `n` he mixes it   with skill; But the Anzacs have him snouted,, `n`, oh,   ma, he`s feelin` ill. They wake the all-fired desert, `n` the land for   ever dead Is alive `n` fairly creepin`, and the skies are   droppin` lead. When they`ve got the Ot`man goin`, little   gaudy hunts begin. It fer us to chiv His Trousers. `n` to round   the stragglers in. Cuttin` closest to the raw, `n` swearin` lovin`   all the way, Is Artie from Molinga on his neddy, Marshal   Neigh. We`re pursuin` sundry camels turkey-trottin`   anyhow With the carriage iv an emu `n` the action iv   a cow, When a sand dune busts, `n` belches arf a   million iv the foe. They uncork a blanky batt`ry, `n` it`s, Allah,   let her go! We`re not stayin` dinner, thank you. Lie   along yer horse `n` yell, While the bullets pip yer britches `n` you   sniff the flue of Hell. Here it is that Artie takes it good `n` solid in   the crust, He dives from out the saddle, `n` is swallered   in the dust. I got through `n` saw them pointin` where the   Marshal faced the band. He was goin` where we came from, sniffin`   bodies in the sand. Till he found Rowe snugglin` under, took him   where his pants was slack, `N` be all the Asiatic gods, he brought his   soldier back! With a bullet in his buttock, `n` a drill hole   in his ear, He dumped Artie down among us. Square   `n` all, how did we cheer! There`s no medals struck fer neddies, but we   rule there orter be, `N` the pride iv all the Light Horse is old   Marshal Neigh, V.C.
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