No more we'll share the same old barn The same old dug-out, same old yarn, No more a tin of bully share Nor split our rum by a star-shell's glare So long old lad. What times we've had, both good and bad, We've shared what shelter could be had, The same crump-hole when the whizz-bangs shrieked, The same old billet that always leaked, And now - you've "stopped one". We'd weathered the storms two winters long We'd managed to grin when all went wrong, Because together we fought and fed, Our hearts were light; but now - you're dead And I am mateless. Well, old lad, here's peace to you, And for me, well, there's my job to do, For you and the others who are at rest Assured may be that we'll do our best In vengeance. Just one more cross by a strafed roadside, With it's G.R.C., and a name for guide, But it's only myself who has lost a friend, And though I may fight through to the end, No dug-out ot billet will be the same, All pals can only be pals in name, But we'll all carry on till the end of the game Because you lie there.
"To My Chum"