The Fathers
Siegfried Sassoon
1886 to 1967
Track 1
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Still, if there's truth in what we hear,
I watched them toddle through the door—
But Arthur's getting all the fun
Writes cheery letters from Bagdad.
Snug at the club two fathers sat,
Yes," wheezed the other, "that's the luck!
These impotent old friends of mine.
One of them said; "My eldest lad
Before they bolt across the Rhine.
My boy's quite broken-hearted, stuck
In England training all this year.
The Huns intend to ask for more
At Arras with his nine-inch gun.
Gross, goggle-eyed, and full of chat.
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