Nursery Rhymes for 1916 Children

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Sunday 30th January 1916:

By an anonymous contributor from Moreton House School, Dunstable.

I. 

Ride a cock horse

To Victoria Cross,

Be a brave soldier

Whatever it cost.

Gallant in khaki,

A gun in your fist,

You shall have honour,

As soon as you ‘list.

II. 

Tom, Tom, the Englishman,

Took a gun and away he ran,

The music rolled, the drums did beat,

As Tom went marching down the street.

III. 

Belgium the Buffet,

Sat on a tuffet,

Just in her usual way.

There came the great Kaiser,

Who sought to bestride her,

And drive little Belgium away.

Source: The Moretonia, December 1915 [Z930/1/2]