I went across to France again, and walked about the line,
The trenches have been all filled in - the country's looking fine.
The folks gave me a welcome, and lots to eat and drink,
Saying, 'Allo, Tommee, back again? 'Ow do you do? In ze pink?'
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This poem is not anonymous. It was written in 1934 by Bernard Newman and Harold Arpthorp two British veterans who had fought at La Bassee in 1914