Show PASSING p ASSING BY BY- J By Bombardier Bumpas of Australia N Note Some Some of the greatest literature of ot this war has been written by British Tommies In Tommies-In In the trenches or In hospitals but nothing finer or better Interpreting the psychology of tho the man at the front has yet appeared In m print than this poem by Bombardier R R. of bC tho the Australian contingent wounded at and now convalescing in a hospital at Cairo minus a legand legand leg legand and an eye Well ell ell I went an joined the army an I done my bit Eres the bloke wot put my pot on yes es I keeps im Mm In nil ruy Kit kit kit- No e aint no proper soft nose soft nose Just the end off on the sly Es the only one wot got me but me-but but Ive I've eard card em passing by God Yes Ive I've eard card em lem passing by Passing by Passing by With a little little sigh Nearly g got t you that time Sonny Just a little bit too top high or orOr Or a crack like Jack look out there Keep yer yen ead cad down mind yer eye But they're gone an far behind yer fore you'll ear em passing by bi Yes es I lay from mornin till the afternoon 0 En the Black Watch Vatch took their trenches en It woke me from a swoon I 1 was flamin nearly mad wi wl thirst an pain an fit to cry But I cheered em as they trampled on me carcus passing by God Yes I cheered em as I eard card em passing by Passing by Passing by bJ fallin gettin nigh i y Gettin nearer to the trenches en you card eard a Tommy cry cry cry- fl Dont forget the Belgian nor the little God I wouldn't be a German when them men was passing by Then they gathered us together an they sorted out the worst worst- i f first Wot they called the stretcher cases cases' cases an an they tended to us They was overworked an crowded an aa the Doc Doe ud give a sigh o Hopeless Hopeless that That case case That one also also softly passing by by- by God they watched im silent Hope a passing a-passing by 1 Passing rassing by Passing by Curt command an an stifled sigh l- l For Foi Ol it aint no place for tor drama an a a. man as got gotter ter die En I thought I 1 eard a whimper an a little soft sott reply reply reply- I. I Greater reater love than this hath no man someone man someone passing passing by So they ships me off to en cn they sticks sUcks me In a vard I was short a leg an peeper but they treats me like a lord I Id I'd d allus bin a lonely bloke an so I used ter ten Jie ie continual passing by- by I An watch the frens fren's of other men Sisters children wives an mothers passing by t Passing by Passing by With a smile or with a sigh I. I f With their cigarettes an matches flowers or shirt or pipe or-pipe Pipe or tie I. I An one ud Iud sometimes talk an an speak speak speak-I I used ter wonder why why why- y Cg Cc's I aint no blame Adonis not ter n notice tice passing by 1 e. f fIm Im I'm if it the angels a ave ve a Union Jack around An sticks it somewhere prominent when Gabriel starts to sound The people round that flag will be most half the hosts on High High High- i The men who've passed or waits walts to pass or now are passing by Big Dig carted men an white an black a passing a-passing by Passing by Passing by Just to keep that flag on high In the days that's now by An all that flag as stood for gone An when they pass before Im I'm sure Ell Eli listen to their cry An E Ell 11 treat em very gentle an forgive em passing by BlIghty derived from the Indian word Is the Tommy's Tommys nickname for home |