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
Bio of Robert Osborne Dorman b Montreal Quebec 1900 enlisted CEF 1914
Poem 1The Argument
Poem 2 A Parody When You Play in the Game of War
Poem 3 England
Poem 4 Somewhere
Poem 5 Dirty
Poem 6 When All the Guns are Roaring
Poem 7 The Ypres-Mennen Road
Poem 8 Just a Little Bit of Shrapnel