Work-a-day Warriors/Trench Thoughts: Christmas 1916
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Illustration by Joseph Lee from 'Work-a-day Warriors' by Joseph Lee, published in 1917
ONE LOVED COT I KNOW
TRENCH THOUGHTS
CHRISTMAS 1916
Not of the Christ who came
Two thousand years ago;
Only the firelight glow
In one loved cot I know.
Two thousand years ago;
Only the firelight glow
In one loved cot I know.
Not of those shepherds old,
Watching their flocks by night!
But Father, and Kate with a light,
Seeing that cows is right.
Watching their flocks by night!
But Father, and Kate with a light,
Seeing that cows is right.
Not of the Angel song;
Peace unto men of Goodwill;
Only my brother Bill
Dead, and he done no ill!
Peace unto men of Goodwill;
Only my brother Bill
Dead, and he done no ill!
Not of the Heavenly Host,
Bringing tidings of great joy;
But my Mother's homely employ,
And her prayer, "My boy, my boy!"
Bringing tidings of great joy;
But my Mother's homely employ,
And her prayer, "My boy, my boy!"