Poem - Hannah Chatwin

The Song of the Sox

By Hannah Chatwin

(This is likely to have been written by Hannah, but it is unclear. It was written in her dairy, and to this point, seems anonymous.)

Knitted in the tram car

Knitted in the street

Knitted by the fireside

Knitted in the heat

Knitted in Australia

Where the wattle grows

Sent to you in France dear

Just to warm your toes

Knitted by the seaside

Knitted in the train

Knitted in the sunshine

Knitted in the rain

Knitted here and knitted there

With the glad refrain

May the one who wears them

Come back to us again.