The autograph book of VAD Nurse May Benson and a portrait by Fred Brooke, item 115

• March 22, 2017 21:39:30 Annick Rodriguez

    The Nurses of  Cornwall Hall

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  Twas indeed a surprise to me

  To think that here at Cornwall Hall,

  The boys should all awakened be

  at half past five- to wash- that's all.

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  Then 'ere you've time to count again

  That sleep that so illusive flees,

  "Wake up!" "Wake up!" is the refrain

  You hear the nurses cry in glee.

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  And now it is the bed to turn.

  So out of it you have to hop.

  Then by the time you do return.

  The muse has gone ne'er to be stopped.

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  Now nurses of the morn appear

  With vigour and with healthy vim;

  Then woe to me if I do tear

  Or break the things in careless whim.

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  Of course the beds-you must not breathe-

  They must be kept immaculate,

  And if you  should by chance to wreathe

  Then Oh! how they expostulate.

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