by Joe Wood, Private (d. 1917)
My Dear Sister & Brother
Language: English
My Dear Sister & Brother,
I hope you
are proper good health, as I remain
so at present, except for one thing
and I am very pleased to receive
your Examiner, in which I
received very thankfully. I
want you to know that I have
lost my purse in which was
full of money,
and I want you to put something to and please
send me a nice big Parcel, as
I am completely done in now,
as I have neither money, cigarettes,
nor anything whatever, hoping
you will please send me a
nice sized Parcel, as you know
Mary we boys want looking after,
as we are in France
fighting for you at Home, so I
hope you will please send one
straigth away, from your
Loving Brother
Joe Wood.
Best Love to All at Home
About the headline (FAQ)
Note: at the top of the letter is the following:
203085 Pte Joe Wood 2/6th Leic. C.coy 10 Platoon, B.E.F. France, 3/9/17
Text Authorship:
- by Joe Wood, Private (d. 1917), no title [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968), "Letter 2", 2000 [ baritone, string orchestra ], from Private Joe, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2024-06-14
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Word count: 137