What Burns Said - 1782 Holds Good in 1915

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whole: the image is positioned centrally, with the title across the top and the text (including Robert Burns' 1782 poem 'I'll Go And Be A Sodger') in the lower quarter, both in dark brown. All set against a light brown background and held within a dark brown border. image: an oval jasperware-style portrait of Robert Burns. text: WHAT BURNS SAID - 1782 HOLDS GOOD IN 1915 O! why the deuce should I repine, And be an ill foreboder? I'm twenty three, and five feet nine, I'll go and be a sodger. TAKE HIS TIP PUBLISHED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY RECRUITING COMMITTEE LONDON. PRINTED BY DAVID ALLEN AND SONS LD. HARROW, MIDDLESEX. W.6987. 12M - 7/15