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ANZAC - A Tribute
In
Memory of
Pte. BAILEY, Arthur Ernest
(d: 7 Jun
1917)
Cpl. BAILEY,
Augustus Edgar
(d: 9
Aug 1918)
TRELOGGEN,
Gordon Charles
(d: 28 Oct 1917)
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Why are they
selling poppies Mummy?
Selling poppies in town today?
The poppies, child, are flowers of love
for the men who marched away.
But why have they chosen a poppy Mummy?
Why not a beautiful rose?
Because, my child, men fought and died
In the fields where the poppies grow.
But why are the poppies so red Mummy?
Why are the poppies so red?
Red is the colour of blood, my child,
The blood our soldiers shed.
The heart of the poppy is black Mummy,
Why does it have to be black?
Black, my child, is the colour of grief
For the men who never came back.
but why, Mummy, are you crying so?
Your tears are giving you pain.
My tears are the fears for you, my child.
For the world is forgetting again.
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