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Edward Dyson - The Girl I Left Behind Me
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I said: “I leave my bit of land- 
   In khaki they`ve entwined me, 
I go abroad to lend a hand.” 
Said she: “My love, I understand. 
I will be true, and though we part 
A thousand years you hold my heart"- 
   The girl I left behind me. 

I went away to fight the Huns- 
   No coward thought could bind me, 
I sizzled n the tropic suns, 
I faced the bayonets and the guns. 
And when in daring deeds I shone 
One little woman spurred me on- 
   The girl I left behind me. 

Out there, in grim Gallipoli. 
   Hard going they assigned me, 
I pricked the Turk up from the sea; 
I riddled him, he punctured me; 
And, bleeding in my rags, I said: 
“She`ll meet me somewhere if I`m dead- 
   The girl I left behind me. 

In France we broke the German`s face- 
   They tried with gas to blind me. 
In mud we bogged from front to base, 
And dirt was ours, but not disgrace. 
They carved me till I couldn`t stand. 
Said I “Now for the Lodden, and 
   The girl I left behind me. 

I came ashore, and struck the track; 
   For dust you scarce could find me. 
The dear girl gave no welcome back- 
Shed changed her names and state, alack! 
“You`ve been a time, I must say, Ned, 
In finishing your old war.” Said 
   The girl I left behind me. 

I flung a song up to the skies. 
   For battles gods designed me. 
I think of Fifi`s laughing eyes, 
And Nami, dusk, but sweet and wise, 
And chortle in my heart to find 
How very far I`ve left behind- 
   The girl I left behind me.
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