But, Gawd, what things are they I 'aven't done? For 'im that doth not work must surely die; Therfore, from job to job I've moved along. An' met my mate-the wind that tramps the world. It's like a book, I think, this bloomin' world, But what you're after is to turn 'em all. Gawd bless this world! Whatever she 'ath done Excep' when awful long-I've found it good. So write, before I die, "'E liked it all!" When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea; An' what he thought 'e might require, 'E went an' took-the same as me! The market-girls an' fishermen, They knew 'e stole; 'e knew they knowed. They didn't tell, nor make a fuss, But winked at 'Omer down the road, An' 'e winked back--the same as us! "BACK TO THE ARMY AGAIN." I'm 'ere in a ticky ulster an' a broken billycock 'at, A-layin' on to the sergeant I don't know a gun from a bat; My shirt's doin' duty for jacket, my sock's stickin' out o' my boots, An' I'm learnin' the damned old goose-step along o' the new recruits! Back to the Army again, sergeant, Back to the Army again. Don't look so 'ard, for I 'aven't no card, I'm back to the Army again! I done my six years' service. 'Er Majesty sez: "Good day You'll please to come when you're rung for, an' 'ere's your 'ole back pay; An' four-pence a day for baccy—an' bloomin' gen'rous, too; An' now you can make your fortune-the same as your orf'cers do." Back to the Army again, sergeant, Back to the Army again; 'Ow did I learn to do right-about turn? I'm back to the army again! A man o' four-an'-twenty that 'asn't learned of a trade Beside "Reserve" agin' him-'e'd better be never made. I tried my luck for a quarter, an' that was enough for me, An' I thought of 'Er Majesty's barricks, an' I thought I'd go an' see. Back to the Army again, sergeant, Back to the Army again; 'Tisn't my fault if I dress when l 'alt— I'm back to the Army again! The sergeant arst no questions, but 'e winked the other eye, E' sez to me, "'Shun!" an' I shunted, the same as in days gone by; For 'e saw the set o' my shoulders, an' I couldn't 'elp 'oldin' straight When me an' the other rookies come under the |