Rebel Verses

<h2><SPAN name="Anywhere_but_Here" id="Anywhere_but_Here"></SPAN>Anywhere but Here</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Anywhere but here, Ned,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Any bloomin hole,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Golly! if it aint like tearin<br/></span> <span class="i0">Body from yer soul!<br/></span> <span class="i0">War's a bloomin sight too wearin:<br/></span> <span class="i0">Home for William Towl!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Once I uster think our village<br/></span> <span class="i0">Took the prize for dead,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Now I know it wor a Para-<br/></span> <span class="i0">-dise around me head;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Don't I wish as I could see it&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Just a minute&mdash;Ned!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Did I iver cuss my luck<br/></span> <span class="i0">Fer comin' fore the Bench;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Doin what I did fer poachin,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Arter this ole trench<br/></span> <span class="i0">Would be like a holiday<br/></span> <span class="i0">At seaside wi' a wench.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">This is Hell, boy, don't ferget it,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Hell wi'out the fun,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Let me see a plough agen<br/></span> <span class="i0">An you can ev my gun;<br/></span> <span class="i0">You'll hear me shout across the sea<br/></span> <span class="i0">When this damn war is done.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum">[21]</span></div> </div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />