War - Ww1 - Banjo Patterson's Great War Poem by Paul Warren

Banjo wrote of the wandering swagman
A song that Australians will always find grand
When Australia pledged the last man and shilling
He went to the AIF and showing a hand that's willing
So to the Middle East he went with the Light horse
To command the re-mount unit was his course

So throughout those terrible Great War years spent
Breaking horses for the troopers the time went
The Waler horse the best war horse for them
To beat the Turks and last until the end
So he did his part and helped win the War
And with the others to applaud even more

© Paul Warren Poetry