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Edward Dyson - The Girl I Left Behind MeEdward 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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