The Ballad of Bill Hubbard

...believable bargain

It certainly is!

Why did you grab it, dear?

Well, I bought a thread of pearls from you last year for one daughter

So, I figured, well, I'll get to the other daughter this spring

Yeah, it's about once a year that you'll see the six-millimeter size

Oh, they're beautiful!

I'd say, ex-, extremely high luster, perfect roundness

And the six-millimeter size, all add up to one thing

A phenomenal giveaway

Tape something for the album he's watching, so call...

Animals...

And the box...

179...

97 cents...

And it certainly is a top one

So it's a much-desired and a marvelous way to, uh, wear your jewelry

Isn't that fun?

I'm gonna miss you, and that you are

And your voice will be in my thoughts and in my heart

Happy New Year, Bubba!

Tracy, wave at the Canterbury Station, baby, take Harold along

Vera?

...and with this practical beast...

Two things that have haunted me most

Are the days in Villers when I had to collect the paybooks

And when I left Bill Hubbard in No Man's Land

I was picked up and taken into their trench

And I'd no sooner taken two or three steps down the trench

When I heard a call

"Hello Razz, I'm glad to see you, this is my second night here"

He said, "I'm feeling bad," and it was Bill Hubbard

One of the men we'd trained in England

One of the original battalion

I had a look at his wound, rolled him over

And I could see that it was probably a fatal wound

You could imagine what pain he was in

He was dripping with sweat

And after I'd gone about three shell holes, traversed that

Had it been, had there been a path or a road, I could have done better

He pummeled me, "Put me down, put me down

I'd rather die, I'd rather die, put me down"

I was hoping he would faint

He said, "I can't go any further, let me die"

I said, "If I leave you here, Bill, you won't be found, let's have another go"

He said, "Alright then," and the same thing happened

He wouldn't, he couldn't stand it anymore, and I had to leave him

In No Man's Land