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W H S Capt Acting Major R F A killed April	A
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We sha'n't see Willy any more Mamie	B
He won't be coming any more	C
He came back once and again and again	D
But he won't get leave any more	C
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We looked from the window and there was his cab	E
And we ran downstairs like a streak	F
And he said Hullo you bad dog and you crouched to the floor	C
Paralysed to hear him speak	F
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And then let fly at his face and his chest	G
Till I had to hold you down	H
While he took off his cap and his gloves and his coat	I
And his bag and his thonged Sam Browne	H
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We went upstairs to the studio	J
The three of us just as of old	K
And you lay down and I sat and talked to him	L
As round the room he strolled	K
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Here in the room where years ago	J
Before the old life stopped	M
He worked all day with his slippers and his pipe	N
He would pick up the threads he'd dropped	M
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Fondling all the drawings he had left behind	O
Glad to find them all still the same	P
And opening the cupboards to look at his belongings	Q
Every time he came	P
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But now I know what a dog doesn't know	J
Though you'll thrust your head on my knee	B
And try to draw me from the absent mindedness	R
That you find so dull in me	B
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And all your life you will never know	J
What I wouldn't tell you even if I could	S
That the last time we waved him away	T
Willy went for good	S
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But sometimes as you lie on the hearthrug	J
Sleeping in the warmth of the stove	U
Even through your muddled old canine brain	V
Shapes from the past may rove	U
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You'll scarcely remember even in a dream	W
How we brought home a silly little pup	X
With a big square head and little crooked legs	Y
That could scarcely bear him up	X
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But your tail will tap at the memory	B
Of a man whose friend you were	Z
Who was always kind though he called you a naughty dog	J
When he found you on his chair	A2
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Who'd make you face a reproving finger	Z
And solemnly lecture you	B2
Till your head hung downwards and you looked very sheepish	C2
And you'll dream of your triumphs too	B2
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Of summer evening chases in the garden	D2
When you dodged us all about with a bone	E2
We were three boys and you were the cleverest	B2
But now we're two alone	E2
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When summer comes again	D
And the long sunsets fade	B2
We shall have to go on playing the feeble game for two	B2
That since the war we've played	B2
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And though you run expectant as you always do	B2
To the uniforms we meet	B2
You'll never find Willy among all the soldiers	F2
In even the longest street	B2
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Nor in any crowd yet strange and bitter thought	B2
Even now were the old words said	B2
If I tried the old trick and said Where's Willy	B
You would quiver and lift your head	B2
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And your brown eyes would look to ask if I were serious	R
And wait for the word to spring	J
Sleep undisturbed I sha'n't say that again	D
You innocent old thing	J
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I must sit not speaking on the sofa	G2
While you lie asleep on the floor	C
For he's suffered a thing that dogs couldn't dream of	H2
And he won't be coming here any more	C

John Collings Squire, Sir

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