PHILOSOPHY
by
V.F. Stevens and S. Brown (1941)

The front door's proper wonky, the bottom 'inge is gorn,
And the curtins in the passage is all mucked up and torn;
The banisters to the kitchen ain't there no bloomin' more,
And you ought to see the great big 'ole wot's in the parlour floor.
We've 'ad no gas sin Lord knows when, but the missus she still grins,
She says we'll 'ave ter do our best wiv 'cold stuff out o' tins.
It's a licker 'ow she sticks it, she keeps cheerful night and day,
But did she lose 'er temper when the bomb fell 'cross the way?
Well, the blinkin' fireplace went in two an' a 'ole came in the wall,
Wallop! went the dresser Yus! and that ain't all,
O' course, she doesn't mind a bit what 'appens to herself,
But to 'Blitz' the photer of the kids wot stood up on that shelf-
That prop'ly got 'er paddy up and ooooh! the fings she said—
Spesh'ly when she found she'd got a gash acrorst 'er ead,
They put four stitches in it in the Aid Post dahn the street,
They're smart people there, they are! They patched 'er up a treat.
We've 'ad 'er roof all mended now and she's back again wiv us,
And we carries on just usual-like wivout the slightest fuss.
'ERE! I don't know why I'm tellin' you all this, 'cos I can see,
There must be fahs-ends of us in the same boat just like me,
Nah don't fink I'm complainin' 'cos that ain't in my line,
But fancy droppin' bombs at night on a little 'ouse like mine,
I'll git me bloomin' own back, tho' I ain't got much cash,
I've bought some chalk, an' I'll wear it out? wiv free dots and a dash,
They say that means we're goin' to win an' we mustn't be downhearted,
But blimey! I could a' told 'em that the very day it started,
WIN!!! why, course we're goin' to win, the blokes ain't yet bin born,
Wot can pull 'airs out o' the lion's tail, an' 'old 'im up to scorn,
He tried to drive us underground like a lot o' bloomin' ants,
Huh! took it on the chin we did but he'll get it in the pants.
What's 'at? You're on Fire watch ternight and can't afford ter tarry?
O.K. China, so am I!!! I'll see yer later, 'Arry.