Ah! I’ve a little girl
At home—about your age, too—called Bettine.
Bettine (who has been watching him curiously).
I know. You are the British. Mother said
The British would be here before the Boches.
I dreamed that you were coming, and I thought
I heard the marching. Weren’t you singing, too?
It made me feel so happy in my sleep.
What were you singing? “It’s a long, long way
To——” what d’you call it? Tipperary? eh?
What does that mean?
Brander.
A place a long way off.
Bettine.
As far as heaven?
Brander.
Almost as far as—home.
Bettine.