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Would you also like to submit a review for this item? You already recently rated this item. Your rating has been recorded. Write a review Rate this item: 1 2 3 4 5. Preview this item Preview this item. What Burns said, , holds good in : O! I'm twenty three, and five feet nine, I'll go and be a sodger : take his tip. Author: Great Britain. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. The cameo is shaded white on deep blue, printed on a tawny background, with dark lettering and a thick line border.

The ex tempore verse quoted on the poster was written in Burns's notebook in April, , along with a second stanza, and labeled as a fragment. Find a copy online Links to this item collection1. Allow this favorite library to be seen by others Keep this favorite library private. Save Cancel. Find a copy in the library Finding libraries that hold this item Title from item.

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Their shop burned down over the New Year period, and left Burns, "like a true poet, not worth a sixpence. It was on this day in that National Service was finally abolished.

Young men no longer had to do compulsory military service. Burns was not obliged to join up. But as with so many recruits, poverty and a sense of adventure came close to enlisting him just the same.

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I'm twenty-three, and five feet nine, I'll go and be a sodger!