“Now I often sit at Watty’s, when the night is very near <br />With a head that’s full of jingles – and the fumes of bottled beer; <br />For I always have a fancy that, if I am over there <br />When the Army prays for Watty, I’m included in the prayer. <br /> <br />“It would take a lot of praying, lots of thumping on the drum, <br />To prepare our sinful, straying, erring souls for Kingdom Come, <br />But I love my fellow-sinners! And I hope upon the whole, <br />That the Army gets a hearing when it prays for Watty’s soul.<br /><br />Henry Lawson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/that-pretty-girl-in-the-army/
