A PASTY'S A THING OF THE PAST
You'll eat when you can
For each meal might be your last
Stew or soup or sausages
Or if you're lucky - Spam
Eat while you can
Fill your belly young man
For a pasty's a thing of the past
To eat what you're given is the soldier-boy's lot
If you're very very lucky it might even be hot
It might turn your stomach
As often as not
Eat it up you great lummox,
For it's all that we've got
And a pasty's a thing of the past.
© nigel hallworth 2014