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AT THE FRONT by GEROID TANQUARY ROBINSON

First Line: THE KING: / 'WHEN I WAS AT THE FRONT TODAY
Last Line: "SO RED—RED?—I'M DONE!"
Subject(s): WAR - HOME FRONT;

THE KING:
"When I was at the front today
I heard the cannon far away.
The wounded all seemed very gay
When I was at the front today."

The General:
"I dropped my glass a while ago
And, 'pon my word, I hardly know
How goes the battle down below
A half a dozen miles or so."

A Private:
"They run! You say they run!
For King and Fatherland we've won.
—Yes, hold me so! Is that the sun
So red—red?—I'm done!"



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