The Poperinghe-Ypres road. A large shell had just pitched. Among the
wounded was a Cockney who was noted for his rendering on every possible
occasion of that well-known song, "Let the Great Big World Keep
Turning."
He was lying on the roadway severely hurt. Another Cockney went up to
him and said "'Ello, matey, 'urt? Why ain't yer singin' 'Let the Great
Big World Keep Turnin',' eh?"
The reply came: "I _was_ a singin' on it, Bill, but I never thought it
would fly up and 'it me."--_Albert M. Morsley (late 85th Siege Battery
Am. Col.), 198 Kempton Road, East Ham, E.6._