Lines in praise of Tommy Atkins : A new song /
McGonagall, William.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1899?]
In two columns with a coat of arms above the title.
In verse.
'Composed, November 1899'.
At the top of the sheet in McGonagall's hand - 'Sir Wm. Topaz McGonagall. Poet'.
First lines read: Success to Tommy Atkins, he's a very brave man, / And to deny it there's few people can; / And to face his foreign foes he's never afraid, / Therefore he's not a beggar, as Rudyard Kipling has said.
English poetry