Ten Little Gefangeners Poem by Andrew Wright

Ten Little Gefangeners



Ten little Gefangeners
Working down a mine,
One fell down the lift shaft,
So then there were nine.

Nine little Gefangeners
Out to keep a date,
One couldn't find his pants,
So then there were eight.

Eight little Gefangeners
Going into Heaven,
One stole the Pearly Gates,
Then there were seven.

Seven little Gefangeners,
In an awful fix,
For one had robbed a London bank,
Then there were six.

Six little Gefangeners,
Went into a "dive",
One picked an argument,
Then there were five.

Five little Gefangeners,
Going to make a door,
One chopped his finger off,
Then there were four.

Four little Gefangeners,
Out upon the spree,
One was caught beneath a tram,
And that left only three.

Three little Gefangeners,
With nothing much to do,
One turned "Stalag Happy",
So then there were two.

Two little Gefangeners,
Looking for some fun,
One became a Racketeer,
And that left only one.

One little Gefangener,
His first name starts with "E",
He's like a walking scrubbing board,
Sure boys that guy is me.

Sunday, July 23, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: war memories
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Andrew Wright was a Prisoner of War, captured at Dunkirk. This poem is taken from a notebook he kept while in the POW camps. It is difficult to believe that the writers of all of these poems were men who had in the main left school at the age of 14. Where he attributes the poem to an individual I have included that attribution. Andrew Wright died in 1987. These poems were uploaded by his son.
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