THE HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX

 The Handley Page Halifax

Was a British four-engine

Second World War heavy bomber

Where it was soon overshadowed

By the Avro Lancaster,

But the Halifax remained in service

Until the end of the war 

IN HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA 1917

Two ships collided in Halifax harbour,

The Mont Blanc and the Imo,

It was December 1917

And what the Nova Scotian’s didn’t know

Was the French ship was laden with explosives

And as it sailed the straight from the sea

It struck the Norwegian vessel

Causing it to explode cataclysmically

Many Canadians were killed

In Halifax Nova Scotia 1917

After the largest man-made explosion

The world had ever seen

THE VIKINGS

Killed in battle, bloody axe in hand

The reward of the Nordic warrior

Was for their souls to spend eternity

Residing in the great hall of Valhalla

SOLDIERS OF ROME

 

They died beneath the eagle

On the battlefields of Rome

And were blessed after death

To walk in the fields of Elysium

RUPERT THE DANGEROUS

 

The most dangerous thing

For some poor infantry sap

And the most likely thing

To cause a grave mishap

The most dangerous thing

Is some chinless officer chap

Most dangerous of all

In a war zone with a map

MILITARY LAW # 3

 

Never let a senior officer

Stand next to you

Because even snipers

Can make mistakes too

UNDERNEATH THE SPREADING CHESTNUT TREE

 

Two old, retired generals

In the autumn of their years

One was a French Hussar

The other of the Grenadiers

 

One spoke of conquering Spain

The other one of India

One of conquering the Hun

The Frenchman of Canada

 

The two men argued for hours

People thought them bonkers

But it was quite innocent

They were just playing conquers