www.ns.legion.ca 199 Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion See page 181 for a biography of the author of this poem, Robert Stanley Messom A GUNNER If I must be a Gunner Then please Lord grant me grace; That I may leave this Station, With a smile upon my face. I may have wished to be a pilot, And you, along with me; But if we all were pilots, Where would the Air Force be? The pilot is the Chauffeur, His job is to fly the place, But we Gunners do the fighting, Though we may not get the fame. It takes Guts to be a Gunner, To sit out on the tail, When the Messerchmitts are coming, And the slugs begin to wail. But we have to win a war And until this job is done, Let us forget our personal feelings, And get behind the gun If we must all be Gunners, Then let us make this bet, We’ll be the best Dam Gunners, That has left this station yet. R.S.M. 18/03/41 R.C.A.F. Saskatoon, Sask. Canada. #4 S.F.T.S.
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