DEMOBBED.

India, 1920.

"I'm goin' home," said Hennessey, "for I've been East too long;

I want the English hedges an' fields an' the English thrush's song,

An' the honest English faces an' never nobody black;

It's home for mine," said Hennessey, "so it's down your tents and pack.

It'll pass out here

For a month or a year,

But not for a lifetime—no dam fear.

I want my folks," said Hennessey, "an' I'm jolly well goin' back."