Lanes of Woollmooloo, a poem by the late great John Dengate, written in the 70s/80s
Description using today's terminology - a homeless veteran of WW2 battles against the Japanese, living on the streets in the slums of inner Sydney, using methylated spirits to combat his demons ... White lady is his mistress, They fornicate and woo, Spawning blind oblivion, In the lanes of Woolloomooloo ...

A poem put to music & sung by a woman with a sweet SOPRANO voice.

video - recited at John's memorial by Jason whose grandfather & John's father & his uncles fought in these battles