Out in the dust he lies Flies in his mouth Ants in his eyes
I stood at the door Where he went out Full-grown man Ruddy and stout
The beat of the drum Was clods on the heart For all that the regiment Looked so smart
I heard the crackle Of hasty cheers Run like the breaking Of unshed tears
And just for a moment As he went by I had sight of his face And a flash of his eye
He died a hero's death They said When they came to tell me My boy was dead
But out in the street A dead dog lies Flies in his mouth Ants in his eyes
Words by Mary Gilmore 2 April 1916. Published in 'Under the Wilgas' 1932. Music by Maggie Somerville who set several Mary Gilmore poems to music and recorded them on her 'The Forest Prayed: Poems of Mary Gilmore' album.
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