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Robert Dorman
75th division
Canadian Expeditionary Force
VERSE AND WORSE BY R.O. (BOB) DORMAN
THE ARGUMENT
Hello Mother, what do you know
I enlisted to day I said I'd go
Yes, I mean to do my little bit
Afraid "Why Mum never thought of it
Oh I know it's true all that you say
Only fifteen and going away
But age dont count it's the heart within
The courage to lose the faith to win
So come now Mother you Must'nt cry
Other boys have joined so why not I
It wont last long please understand
Then I'll come Home to the things we planned
Remember Mum, what you have often said
The little house all painted red
A garden filled with lovely flowers
Where we planned to spend such happy hours
I know how much it all means to you dear
But really I could'nt be happy here
When I know that every Mothers son
Is badly needed to man the guns
So cheer up Mother dont take it so hard
You would'nt have your son branded a coward
Come smile thru your tears and think of the day
When I'll return Home to be with you always
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Poems from the Great War
Copyright © Karl Sack
Robert Dorman was born on the 6th of January 1900 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
He joined the Canadian Army in the fall of 1914. His mother Isobella was horrified, and managed to have him discharged by Christmas of that same year. He was fourteen years old. However on June 13, 1915, after what we can imagine was quite the battle at home, he rejoined the army enlisting in the 75th division of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), and was shipped to Horsham, England.
Within months he would be fighting in the drowning muds of France and Belgium. It was about that time that he began to write the following poems. His poetry is a first hand account, sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic, of his life in the trenches as a Canadian soldier during "The war that was to end all wars!".
I have copied the poems word for word as he wrote them. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have (and still do). If you have any comments please send me an email to Karl Sack
Enjoy the poems...Karl Sack
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