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first time I gratified a long-entertained ambition to walk through the green fields of Merry England. The troops had been at sea for nearly three months & the gay exlula exlularation they felt cd not be damped suppressed by discipline. Nor did the heavy showers of rain that through which they marched restrained their joy. The evenings were long at the time we arrived, daylight lasting until nearly 10 pm Hundreds of voices cheered by the new scenes sang many songs incluing that favourite ditty of the AIF "Back Home in Tennessee", to the adding to the verses to make them more piquante Australianesque the words "without a shirt"
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