Front:
“ FLORRIE”
(COMPANION SONG TO TOMMY ATKINS).
A SONG IN HONOUR OF THE RED CROSS NURSE.
WORDS BY
THOMAS M. WALKER M.A.. GOVAN.
TUNE-TOMMY ATKINS.
She's a modest cultur'd girl with noble aim,
And she freely leaves her home at duty's call
She neither seeks for fortune nor for fame;
She takes her place while empires stand or fall,
By Tommy's bed of misery and woe,
For she knows he guards the home against the foe;
Sn she nobly plays her part,
With a loving cheerful heart;
She's a Florence Nightingale, we'll call her “Flo.”
Chorus
0 Florrie, you are Tommy's guardian angel here on earth ;
You're the balm for all his sorrows, only Tommy knows your worth :
With your loving heart and tender hand you charm away his woe :
You're sister, wife, and mother, all in one, God bless you, Flo.
Her graceful figure daintily is clad,
In a uniform, decorous, smart, and neat,
And whether she's in cheerful mood or sad,
Her smiling or her tearful face is sweet ;
Yet her charms do no unworthy pride beget,
That would make her play the role of vain coquette;
While the Red Cross decks her breast,
It is Florrie's sole request
To give her life for Tommy without fret.
Chorus-
() Florrie, you are, etc.
She's a heroine in sickness just as true,
As Tommy is a hero in the trench;
Impartially her duty she will do
By British, Belgian, German, Turk, or French;
And when War his ghastly course at last has sped,
And has ceas'd a while the blood of man to shed,
Then all true to Nature's plan,
There's a “ soldier and a man.”
Who's won sweet Florrie's heart, and whom she'll wed.
Chorus-
O Florrie, you are, etc.
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