THE LANDSWOMAN
Deeember, 19 I 9
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'Mummy, 1 can t u nderatand about that cow.
\V hen 1 t r ied to m ilk it juat n o w , there waan' t any in it "
(lrtJnfli1UCrl1 btr '11~cial J>ert~~is~oion of the Prom·idms o/ · Plmd 1
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A Farmer's Tribute to the Land Army
l:IA'l' mndtl our livoo endurable \\ lwn \\llr,
with all its woes,
Was do,·astating countries, over-rttn by bitter fo<•t-
Who triod thoir bi.lst to beat us by their frightful
hammer blows !
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fllo cheerful girls who came out on the land
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\\ ho kopt us hum ropining then, whilo working
morn till ni~ht .
Wo hr ~rd tho lmz guns booming, although fM away
{rum
1ght,
tho Oern:um Ocl'a.n (so called but not hy
A• ro
rtgbt) 1
'l'ht· arniling girls assisting on the Jnnd.
1'h, gtd \\lw •nttg hko skylarlm \fhen tho r lcy '"as
den r 1:1.11d hlu••,
'l'lu-- gidtt whn to l!lnir sailors' or thoi r soluicn.' Jovo
\1, "' t rw•.
Tho grrl nho hdpcd t-o win the war 1114 only girls
r ould do,
TJ" .,uJIIng ~irl~' \\ ho plodded on th(• Jantl.
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Thl.- girl, \\ho {Pd the pigs, attondcd caJws ormilkNI
the COW".
The girls \'\ho worked with horses, dl'ivmg harrow~ .
roll<> or ploughs,
The gj r)s who, always peaceful , never joined in any
rows,
Tllfl jolly g1rls who toll(.>d upon the land.
The gtrl:-~ "ho kopt on plodding, to assist M maidt•ns
!-hould,
To do tho noedful work that might cn::;Ul'l' tb('Jt
co untry'd good.
The man who faiJs to praise the-m must ha\'c uroins
li kt• rotten wood,
Unlike 1ho brai ns of gi rls who t1Ucd the ltmtl .
In aftor year:~, whon grandmothers t heso mnidNII1
ha. Vl' b('lcomo, •
T hey may m fo rm t ho g randc hlld ron (of whom tl1ry
must havo sq mo)
H ow in t ho crucial days of y ore•, thoy mado tht• ftum
work hum,
Thoso gtrls \\ h o h~lp<~d to sa n• the1 r uat·l H' land.
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