P-W Goes To War

Pugsy-Wugsy Goes to War: The True Story
Written by: Mrs Lillian Knapp

Pugsy-Wugsy goes so sprightly,
into war and dreams so lightly

He dreams of a world so new and brave,
and that he is the hero who could e'rything save

He wants to be a brave young pup,
in a war to terrible to stop

He goes to places far from home,
places that soon will be like tombs

Galipoli, Verdun, and Somme,
are places he now knows as home

Trenches filled with dirt and mud,
limbs are lost, air filled with blood

Chlorine gas in a cloud of green,
mustard gas without a sheen

Pugsy-Wugsy writhes in cramp,
in a trench so cold and wet and damp

No air in Pugsy-Wugsy's lungs,
A crackling cough his throat did stung

Headaches, eyes made almost blind,
skin that burns and tears his mind

Poor Pugsy-Wugsy, crawling around,
vomiting but barely making a sound

Driven mad by fear and pain,
the Germans one more Brit could claim

Pugsy-Wugsy went to war -
Pugsy-Wugsy is no more.