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Tommy Atkins, the soldiers poem

Posted 19-08-2009 at 11:57 AM by Lee (The Spain forums and living a new life in Spain)

Tommy (with apologies to Kipling)
Written by Patrick Campbell>

They flew me 'ome from Baghdad with a bullet in me chest.
Cos they've closed the army 'ospitals, I'm in the NHS.
The nurse, she ain't no Britisher an' so she ain't impressed.
It's like I'm some street corner thug who's come off second best.
Yes, it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "You're not welcome 'ere".
But when Saddam was collar'd, they was quick enough to cheer.

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