Humpty Dumpty Nursery Rhyme

Humpty Dumpty, nursery rhyme reworked for propaganda purposes, 1914-1918.

Rhyme accompanying the caricature:

'Humpty Dumpty hammered the Gaul -
Humpty Dumpty had a big fall;
All the King's horses and all the King's men
Can't take Kaiser Billy to Paris again!'

Image Courtesy of Queen Mary University of London Archives.

Circa dates: 
1914-1918
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