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GUNS OF VERDUN by PATRICK REGINALD CHALMERS

First Line: GUNS OF VERDUN POINT TO METZ
Last Line: "GUNNERS LAY YOU EAST AGAIN!"
Subject(s): VERDUN, BATTLE OF (1916); WORLD WAR I; FIRST WORLD WAR;
GUNS of Verdun point to Metz
From the plated parapets;
Guns of Metz grin back again
O'er the fields of fair Lorraine.

Guns of Metz are long and grey,
Growling through a summer day;
Guns of Verdun, grey and long,
Boom an echo of their song.

Guns of Metz to Verdun roar,
"Sisters, you shall foot the score;"
Guns of Verdun say to Metz,
"Fear not, for we pay our debts."

Guns of Metz they grumble, "When?"
Guns of Verdun answer then,
"Sisters, when to guard Lorraine
Gunners lay you East again!"



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