One Hat

Three Hats for the Pilots in the sky,
Seven for the Sailors in their hulls of steel,
Nine for Unit Men doomed to die,
One for the sergeant-major on his parade square,
On the demolition range where the land-mines lie.
One Hat to have them fall-in, One Hat to hide them,
One Hat to gather them all and in the darkness confine them
On the demolition range where the land-mines lie.

With apologies to John Ronald Reuel Tolkien