Item 03: Sydney B. Young war diary, 15 October 1916-14 April 1917 - Page 147

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[Page 147]

I found that I was swearing & it gave me quite a fright
                         
That night I vowed to drop my friends and seek the narrow path
               
But when the sun brought morning I forgot it with a laugh

They took me to a house and showed me how to play at cards
               
For pennies then for shillings, for the right I'd no regards
                         
They gave me stuff to drink & though at first it tasted queer
                                   
I soon required no asking for to take a glass of beer.

It made me think I was a man and acted as men do,
                    
Although I saw the shattered wrecks & well the cause I knew

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