Rhymes of a Red Cross Man

(0 User reviews) 136

By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Single author

Authors: Robert W. Service In Year : 1916

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Rhymes of a Red Cross Man

Dedication & Foreword
The Fool
The Volunteer
The Convalescent
The Man from Athabaska
The Red Retreat
The Haggis of Private McPhee
The Lark
The Odyssey of 'Erbert 'Iggins
A Song of Winter Weather
Tipperary Days
Fleurette
Funk
Our Hero
My Mate
Milking Time
Young Fellow My Lad
A Song of the Sandbags
On the Wire
Bill's Grave
Jean Desprez
Going Home
Cocotte
My Bay'nit
Carry On!
Over the Parapet
The Ballad of Soulful Sam
Only a Boche
Pilgrims
My Prisoner
Tri-colour
A Pot of Tea
The Revelation
Grand-père
Son
The Black Dudeen
The Little Piou-piou
Bill the Bomber
The Whistle of Sandy McGraw
The Stretcher-Bearer
Wounded
Faith
The Coward
Missis Moriarty's Boy
My Foe
My Job
The Song of the Pacifist
The Twins
The Song of the Soldier-born
Afternoon Tea
The Mourners
L'Envoi
About the Author

Robert Service was born in Lancashire, England, but at age 21 moved to Canada and eventually ended up in the Yukon during the gold rush. His poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee" helped secure his reputation as the “Bard of the Yukon.” During World War I, Service was an ambulance driver and stretcher bearer for the Red Cross. This volume of poems springs from these experiences during the war. - Summary by Larry Wilson