Gilbert Waterhouse

“ For comfort, chilly comfort, can little Marcelle draw,
And cuckoos are calling, and never care a straw;
And Tommy says that girl Marcelle, indeed she is "no bonn,"
Because Marcelle "no promenade" with any mother's son;
Because petite Marcelle, he says, is always cross and sad,
When cuckoos are calling and all the woods are glad. ”

“ One didn’t wake so cold and stiff
It would be grand in Somecourt Wood
And then the man beside me spoke,
But what he said about it broke
The magic spell in Somecourt Wood.
This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”

“ Truck-load and train load and lorries by the score,
Mule-cart and limber, "What are yer waitin' for?"
Dusty and dirty and full of noisy din,
"If 'e fights upon' is stomach, this' ere army oughter win!" ”