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CONTENTS
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| PAGE | |
| THE STORY OF UNG | |
| Once, on a glittering ice-field, ages and ages ago, | 128 |
| THE THREE-DECKER | |
| Full thirty foot she towered from waterline to rail, | 134 |
| AN AMERICAN | |
| If the Led Striker call it a strike, | 139 |
| THE MARY GLOSTER | |
| I've paid for your sickest fancies; I've humoured your crackedest whim, | 142 |
| SESTINA OF THE TRAMP-ROYAL | |
| Speakin' in general, I 'ave tried 'em all, | 158 |
Barrack-Room Ballads |
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| 'BACK TO THE ARMY AGAIN' | |
| I'm 'ere in a ticky ulster an' a broken billycock 'at, | 163 |
| 'BIRDS OF PREY' MARCH | |
| March! The mud is cakin' good about our trousies, | 168 |
