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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357769" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sari Bair</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">So, they've struck their streak o' trouble, an' they got it in the neck,<br>An' there's more than one ole pal o' mine 'as 'anded in 'is check;<br>But Ginger still takes nourishment; 'e's well, but breathin' 'ard.<br>An' so 'e sends the strength uv it scrawled on a chunk uv card.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'On the day we 'it the transport there wus cheerin' on the pier,<br>An' the girls wus wavin' hankies as they dropped a partin' tear,<br>An' we felt like little 'eroes as we watched the crowd recede,<br>Fer we sailed to prove Australia, an' our boastin' uv the breed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'There wus Trent, ex~toff, uv England; there wus Green, ex-pug, uv 'Loo;<br>There wus me, an' Craig uv Queensland, wiv 'is 'ulkin' six-foot-two:<br>An' little Smith uv Collin'wood, 'oo 'owled a rag-time air.<br>On the day we left the Leeuwin, bound nor'-west for Gawd-knows-where.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'On the day we come to Cairo wiv its niggers an' its din,<br>To fill our eyes wiv desert sand, our souls wiv Eastern sin,<br>There wus cursin' an' complainin'; we wus 'ungerin' fer fight -<br>Little imertation soljers full uv vanity an' skite.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Then they worked us - Gawd! they worked us, till we knoo wot drillin' meant;<br>Till men begun to feel like men, an' wasters to repent,<br>Till we grew to 'ate all Egyp', an' its desert, an' its stinks:<br>On the days we drilled at Mena in the shadder uv the Sphinx.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Then Green uv Sydney swore an oath they meant to 'old us tight,<br>A crowd uv flarnin' ornaments wivout a chance to fight;<br>But little Smith uv Collin'wood, he whistled 'im a toon,<br>An' sez, 'Aw, take a pull. lad, there'll be whips o' stoushin' soom.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Then the waitin', weary waitin', while we itched to meet the foe!<br>But we'd done wiv fancy skitin' an' the comic op'ra show.<br>We wus soljers - finished soljers, an' we felt it in our veins<br>On the day we trod the desert on ole Egyp's sandy plains.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'An' Trent 'e said it wus a bore, an' all uv us wus blue,<br>An' Craig, the giant, never joked the way 'e used to do.<br>But little Smith uv Collin'wood 'e 'ummed a little song,<br>An' said, 'You leave it to the 'eads. O now we sha'n't be long!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Then Sari Bair, O Sari Bair, 'twus you wot seen it done,<br>The day the transports rode yer bay beneath a smilin' sun.<br>We boasted much, an' toasted much; but where yer tide line creeps,<br>'Twus you, me dainty Sari Bair, that seen us play fer keeps.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'We wus full uv savage skitin' while they kep' us on the shelf -<br>(Now I tell yeh, square an' 'onest, I wus doubtin' us meself):<br>But we proved it, good an' plenty, that our lads can do an' dare,<br>On the day we walloped Abdul o'er the sands o' Sari Bair.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Luck wus out wiv Green uv Sydney, where 'e stood at my right 'and,<br>Fer they plunked 'im on the transport 'fore 'e got a chance to land.<br>Then I saw 'em kill a feller wot I knoo in Camberwell,<br>Somethin' sort o' went inside me - an' the rest wus bloody 'ell.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Thro' the smoke I seen 'im strivin', Craig uv Queensland, tall an' strong,<br>Like an 'arvester at 'ay-time singin', swingin' to the song.<br>An' little Smith uv Collin'wood, 'e 'owled a fightin' tune,<br>On the day we chased Mahomet over Sari's sandy dune.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'An' Sari Bair, O Sari Bair, you seen 'ow it wus done,<br>The transports dancin' in yer bay beneath the bonzer sun;<br>An' speckled o'er yer gleamin' shore the little 'uddled 'eaps<br>That showed at last the Southern breed could play the game fer keeps.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'We found 'im, Craig uv Queensland, stark, 'is 'and still on 'is gun.<br>We found too many more besides, when that fierce scrap wus done.<br>An' little Smith uv Collin'wood, he crooned a mournful air,<br>The night we planted 'em beneath the sands uv Sari Bair.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'On the day we took the transport there wus cheerin' on the pier,<br>An' we wus little chiner gawds; an' now we're sittin' 'ere,<br>Wiv the taste uv blood an' battle on the lips uv ev'ry man<br>An' ev'ry man jist 'opin' fer to end as we began.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Fer Green is gone, an' Craig is gone, an' Gawd! 'ow many more!<br>Who sleep the sleep at Sari Bair beside that sunny shore!<br>An' little Smith uv Collin'wood, a bandage 'round 'is 'ead,<br>He 'ums a savage song an' vows quick vengeance fer the dead.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'But Sari Bair, me Sari Bair, the secrets that you 'old<br>Will shake the 'earts uv Southern men when all the tale is told;<br>An' when they git the strength uv it, there'll never be the need<br>To call too loud fer fightin' men among the Southern breed.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Clarence+Michael+James+Stanislaus+Dennis">Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis</a><div class=q>
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