Rouge Bouquet

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The Wood Called Rouge Bouquet.

Copyright 1918 Charles Scribner's and Sons.

Copyright 1919 George H. Doran Company.

By Joyce Kilmer, Sergeant, Infantry, Killed in Action July 30, 1918.

Read by John Greenman for LibriVox.org.

The Wood Called Rouge Bouquet.

Dedicated to the memory of nineteen members of Company E, 165th Infantry, who made the supreme sacrifice at Rouge Bouquet, Forest of Paroy, France, March 7th.

MERIT Y. HUGHES, PRIVATE INFANTRY.

to buddy to buddy it's a tough fight for you buddy and it takes a heap of grit to stick and win and keep your grin when you're in the thick of it it's no cinch for you buddy when the dreams with which you came melt into naught as you are taught the horrid bitter game it's a hard pull for you buddy and ofttimes it looks damned blue square your chin and vow to win and play the game clean through for there's a great time coming buddy time worth waiting for when culture's done and all is one and the boys come home from war oh she'll be waiting buddy and the love-light in her eye will shine with joy as her big boy goes proudly marching by it's a hard road for you buddy but it's more than worth the game to buck all fears so mother's tears will be joy not shame the wood called rouge bouquet Copyright 1918 Charles Scribner's and Sons.

Copyright 1919 George H. Dorr and Company.

By Joyce Kilmer.

Killed in action July 30, 1918.

Read by John Greenman for LibriVox.org.

The wood called Rouge Bouquet, dedicated to the memory of nineteen members of Company E, 165th Infantry, who made the supreme sacrifice at Rouge Bouquet, Forest of Parois, France, March 7th, read by the chaplain at the funeral, the refrain echoing the music of taps from a distant grove.

i in the woods they call rouge bouquet there is a new-made gray never a spade or pick yet covered by earthen meters there lie many fighting men dead in their youthful prime never to laugh or live again or taste of the summer time for death came flying through the air and stopped his flight at the dug-out stair touched his prey and left them there clay to clay he hid their bodies stealthily in the soil of the land they sought to free and fled away now over the grave abrupt and clear three volleys ring and perhaps their brave young spirits here go to sleep

This recording is in the public domain.

The Wood Called Rouge Bouquet.

Copyright 1918, Charles Scribner's and Sons.

Copyright 1919, George H. Doran Company.

Killed in action July 30th, 1918.

Read by John Greenman for Librivox.org.

The Wood Called Rouge Bouquet.

Dedicated to the memory of nineteen members of Company E, One Hundred and Sixty-Fifth Infantry, who made the supreme sacrifice at Rouge Bouquet, Forest of Blatteaux, France, March seventh.