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(Created page with "[[ | 200px | right | thumb |]] == Relevance == A part of his poem "Matey" features in Mention::Autobiography: <blockquote> Who on earth is Patrick MacGill, who in 1916 wrote:<br> Over the top is cold, matey –<br> You lie on the field alone.<br> Didn’t I love you of old, matey,<br> Dearer than the blood of my own.<br> You were my dearest chum, matey –<br> (Gawd! but your face is white)<br> But now, though reliefs ’ave come, matey,<br> I’m goin’ alone toni...") |
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A part of his poem "Matey" features in [[Mention::Autobiography]]: | A part of his poem "Matey" features in [[Mention::Autobiography]]: | ||
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Who on earth is Patrick MacGill, who in 1916 wrote:<br> | "Who on earth is Patrick MacGill, who in 1916 wrote:<br> | ||
Over the top is cold, matey –<br> | Over the top is cold, matey –<br> | ||
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And this is the way we part<br> | And this is the way we part<br> | ||
The bullet went through your head, matey,<br> | The bullet went through your head, matey,<br> | ||
But Gawd! it went through my ’eart<br> | But Gawd! it went through my ’eart"<br> | ||
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