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NIGHTMARE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON

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First Line: THEY GAVE HIM A SHILLING
Last Line: THE BOY WHO'S MY SON.

They gave him a shilling,
They gave him a gun,
And so he's gone killing
The Germans, my son.

I dream of that shilling --
I dream of that gun --
And it's they that are killing
The boy who's my son.



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