my great-granddad and granddad <br />fought in first and second war <br />great-granddad fought in Trinidad <br />and me granddad on Burma shore <br /> <br />the heat of the jungle intense <br />fighting alongside the Gurkha's <br />they never sit upon the fence <br />nor drove around in Sherpa's <br /> <br />it was all done on horseback <br />galloping around the forest's <br />no-one dared to even slack <br />as in there camps malnourished <br /> <br />Gurkha's were really tough <br />chopped off thumbs and ears <br />proving that they did not bluff <br />there payment went on cheers <br /> <br />through forest those brave men <br />won that war that time forgot <br />so now we must say Amen <br />as out there it was hot<br /><br />lee fones<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/burma-war/
