Christmas Pud, The

DESCRIPTION: "Now the Colonel's brow was sad, and the Colonel's language low"; it's Christmas, and the unit surrounded. Three soldiers vow to beinf back a pudding. The pudding arrives. "Let us tell in the sand of this desert land The tale of the Christmas duff."
AUTHOR: Private F. St. Bruno (source: Page-ForGawdsakeDontTakeMe)
EARLIEST DATE: 1976 (Page-ForGawdsakeDontTakeMe)
KEYWORDS: soldier food humorous
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Page-ForGawdsakeDontTakeMe, pp. 39-41, "The Christmas Pud" (1 text)
NOTES [19 words]: I don't know if this was consciously written in the style of Robert W. Service, but it sure sounds like it to me. - RBW
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File: PFGS039

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