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Title: Rhymes of a Red Cross Man

Author: Robert W. Service

Posting Date: July 10, 2008 [EBook #315]
Release Date: August, 1995

Language: English

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RHYMES OF A RED CROSS MAN

by Robert W. Service

[British-born Canadian Poet--1874-1958.]

Author of "The Spell of the Yukon", "Ballads of a Cheechako",
"Rhymes of a Rolling Stone", etc.

[This etext has been transcribed from a New York edition of 1916.
Some very minor corrections have been made.]

| |
--+---------------------------+--
| To the Memory of |
| My Brother, |
| LIEUTENANT ALBERT SERVICE |
| Canadian Infantry |
| Killed in Action, France |
| August, 1916. |
--+---------------------------+--
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Contents

Foreword
The Call
The Fool
The Volunteer
The Convalescent
The Man from Athabaska
The Red Retreat
The Haggis of Private McPhee
The Lark
The Odyssey of 'Erbert 'Iggins
A Song of Winter Weather
Tipperary Days
Fleurette
Funk
Our Hero
My Mate
Milking Time
Young Fellow My Lad
A Song of the Sandbags
On the Wire
Bill's Grave
Jean Desprez
Going Home
Cocotte
My Bay'nit
Carry On!
Over the Parapet
The Ballad of Soulful Sam
Only a Boche
Pilgrims
My Prisoner
Tri-colour
A Pot of Tea
The Revelation
Grand-pere
Son
The Black Dudeen
The Little Piou-piou
Bill the Bomber
The Whistle of Sandy McGraw
The Stretcher-Bearer
Wounded
Faith