66096: Canadians

Manuscript in pen in Ivor Gurney's hand. Other versions of the poem exist, including one published in the Leonard Clark edition of Gurney's poems in 1973, with 'Quebec, Stuart White' substituted for 'Jack London'. This version was included in P.J. Kavanagh's 'Ivor Gurney: Collected Poems' (2004).From a pink mottled hard-cover exercise book. The inside front cover is inscribed 'Music to Miss C. Rogers...Poetry to Professor Saintsbury / Bath'. The inside back cover is inscribed 'Instead of a home / I require death'.