Moresby's Sting Song
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PAPUA’S notorious mosquitos are the theme of a catchy song, “Man-eating Mossies of Moresby,” which, accord ing to Sydney “Sun,” is being sung by front-line troops.
The words are;— For Curtin and Winnie, we’ve come to New Guinea, To deal with the truculent Jap.
His bullets aren’t bad, and the raids that we’ve had Are hardly the worst of the scrap.
Our Nations are tough and the roads they are rough, But they scarcely ruffle the brow.
We’re short in our drinks and the water all stinks, But there’s one thing that’s really a cow.
Chorus: The man-eating mossies of Moresby, They’re big and their beaks are so sharp, A nibble or two and you’re just about through, And maybe you’re playing a harp.
We don’t care a rap for the so-and-so Jap, We’ll fight him because we are Aussies; But Lord up above, if your children you love, Why on earth did you ever make mossies?
A note, dated October 18, from Major H. T. Allan, OBE, of Wau, New Guinea, who is with the AIF in the Middle East: “Regards, etc., from the Desert. We hope to be back in time for the recapture and reconstruction of New Guinea.—Blue Allan. PS; Your ‘PIM’ arrives here regu larly; congratulations on it.”