3 FEBRUARY 1917, Page 15

POETRY.

'00 IS ItIkr MAN ? 'Oo is the man wot left 'is job, '00 is the man wot tuk a bob, And went and 'listed r Kyno's Army—. A bloomin' Tommy, bloomin' barmy!

'Oo is it ?

'Oo is it's number was ten-ought-three ? 'Oo is the man wot did C.B., 'Cos 'is bloomin' kit was incomplete

An' o 'adn't washed 'is bloomin' feet f . 'Oo is it f

'Oo is the bloke as come to France ? 'Oo wasn't 'arf glad to get the chance ! 'Oo lived through a dozen bloomin"ells, And waa tray 'ot stuff on the Mademciaelles ?

'Oo is it ?

And 'oo is it shoved 'is bloomin' 'cad In the way of a bloomin' rifle grenade ? And 'oo is it's kit's belie' carried out ? And 'oo is the orfcer aekin' about ?

'Oo is it ?

And 'oo is it's on the stretcher there, And 'oo's that corporal as stops to stare, And asks when 'e sees the chap is dead— They've shoved a sandbag over 'is 'ead-