- Contributed byÌý
- Ipswich Museum
- People in story:Ìý
- Reg Driver
- Location of story:Ìý
- North Africa
- Background to story:Ìý
- Army
- Article ID:Ìý
- A3169181
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 23 October 2004
If you can recall
The short and the tall
You served with me
If you had a Sergeant from World War One
And marched with his son
You served with me
If you sailed away at the crack of dawn
And got a "dear John" after you'd gone
You served with me
If you called the desert “the blueâ€
In '42
You served with me
If under Stuka's attack
You brengunned them back
You served with me
If what you sang about King Farouk
Rhymed with hook
You served with me
If when Tobruk fell
Your war ended as well
You served with me
If prison camps in desert sands
Led on to camps in foreign lands
You served with me
If in April 1945
You came "alive"
You served with me
If most of your comrades are now gone
Whilst you've lived on
You served with me
If now each November
You stand and remember
You served with me
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