Salt Lake Herald | 1899-03-31 | Page 4 | Tommy Atkins to Rudyard Kipling

Tommy tldns tRudyad Kipling J o C in London Times Theres a reiar run on papers since we card that you was 1 An you might be In a orspUaI the bar rIcks is so still Vo ave al been mighty anxious since wo card it on parade An we aint no cowards neither but IAn na f own we was afraid An we nil prn3ed and and earnest Oh Gawd dont take 1m yet Just let im stop and tip us An warn lest we forget The sergeant aid E wont Jet round Its three rounds blank for 1m E wont write no more stories And our Opec was bloomln dim But you ad always elped r Atkins an though things did look blue Vel we alnt much ends at prain Lut we did our best for olE ol-E mustnt die we want im 0 Gawd dont take im yet Spare im tt lte longer E wrote Lest we forget We card that you was fghth ardjust as we knew you would But WI ardly oped youd turn is flank they said you urdly could But the news us como this morln un Im wrltn cre to say Theres no BritIsh son more appy than your old frIend Thomas A 0 Gawd were all sO grateful You avp lefi4imwith tie yet To oIr Us In una nIt UH Lest we lest wo forget L I A