Item 03: Oliver Hogue letters, 12 January-19 December 1916 - Page 70
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3/ two numbers. Then alas I got my marching orders & came out East to rejoin the Brigade. I started a limerick competition on Tel el Kebir before I left. The boys took it up very keenly. In order to give it a start I churned out half a dozen. Here is one:
Do the Germans want Tel el Kebir?
Do the Turks want to settle down here
The Jews wouldn't stick it
We're on a bad wicket
Give us Beer, Let us Cheer, and then Clear.
That's the only one can remember at present.
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