{"id":716,"date":"2012-02-29T21:57:22","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T21:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikewish.wordpress.com\/?p=716"},"modified":"2012-02-29T21:57:22","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T21:57:22","slug":"indulge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?p=716","title":{"rendered":"Indulge"},"content":{"rendered":"

After reading that Shepheard’s Hotel welcomed British Army Officers but not ordinary troops, I thought of this poem that my father wrote.\u00a0 These are his thoughts after an attempt to indulge in a few drinks in a cabaret.\u00a0 The poem is several pages long; here are three of the verses.\u00a0 My transcriptions appear below the images.<\/p>\n

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“Seven Days Leave”, written and illustrated by Ron Bruce, 1941, \u00a9 Patricia Worth, 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seven Days’ Leave<\/strong><\/p>\n

The digger grinned as he heard his name
\nThey were dishing out the pays,
\nNext thing, he gave a hearty shout,
\nHe’d got leave for seven days.
\nThat night for him was sleepless,
\nHe couldn’t help but think
\nIf he’d see the sights of Egypt,
\nGet in a game or drink.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

About the town of Tel Aviv
\nHe wandered for a while,
\nLooking for a lair-up pub
\nWhere he could spend his pile.
\nHe came across a cabaret
\nBut ’twas “For Officers Only”,
\nHe felt a little homesick then,
\nAlmost a little lonely.<\/p>\n

A man’s got a ton of bloody dough
\nAnd can’t get a bloody drink.
\n“For bloody officers only” thought he,
\nWouldn’t it strike you bloody pink.
\nAfter hours of solid searching
\nAnd of pests all out to sell
\nHe came across a cobber,
\n“With him”, he’d been thru hell.<\/p>\n

Ron Bruce, 1941, \u00a9 Patricia Worth, 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After reading that Shepheard’s Hotel welcomed British Army Officers but not ordinary troops, I thought of this poem that my father wrote.\u00a0 These are his thoughts after an attempt to indulge in a few drinks in a cabaret.\u00a0 The poem is several pages long; here are three of the verses.\u00a0 My transcriptions appear below the … <\/p>\n

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