fhis book is also protected by copyright under "BACK TO THE ARMY AGAIN' 'BIRDS OF PREY" MARCH "SOLDIER AN' SAILOR TOO" SAPPERS THAT DAY "THE MEN THAT FOUGHT AT MINDEN CHOLERA CAMP THE LADIES . BILL 'AWKINS THE Cities are full of pride, They count their ships full tale- And rampart's gun-flecked line; City by city they hail : "Hast aught to match with mine ?" And the men that breed from them As a child to the mother's gown. When they talk with the stranger bands, Dazed and newly alone; When they walk in the stranger lands (On high to hold her fame That stands all fame beyond, By oath to back the same, Most faithful-foolish-fond; Making her mere-breathed name Their bond upon their bond.) So thank I God my birth Or warring tribes untried- Surely in toil or fray Under an alien sky, Comfort it is to say: |