Fuzzy-Wuzzy Angels

DESCRIPTION: "Many a mother in Australia, when the busy day is done, Sends a prayer to the Almighty for the keeping of her son." She hopes an angel will guard the soldier. But those who saved her boy are the "impromptu angels with the fuzzy-wuzzy hair"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1976 (Page-ForGawdsakeDontTakeMe)
KEYWORDS: soldier injury rescue foreigner
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Page-ForGawdsakeDontTakeMe, pp. 61-62, "The Fuzzy-Wuzzy Angels" (1 text)
NOTES [80 words]: The temptation is obviously to compare this with Rudyard Kipling's "Fuzzy Wuzzy." There are obvious similarities: In both cases, a slur is used to refer to the natives, but in both cases the "Fuzzy Wuzzies" are in fact heroes. But Kipling's Fuzzy Wuzzies were Sudanese; those in this piece are Indonesian. The link, if there is one, lies in the conception of the poem, not in the people it refers to.
Which is a sad reflection on how many European soldiers viewed "furriners." - RBW
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