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Edgar Guest - A Patriot
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It`s funny when a feller wants to do his little bit,
And wants to wear a uniform and lug a soldier`s kit,
And ain`t afraid of submarines nor mines that fill the sea,
They will not let him go along to fight for liberty
They make him stay at home and be his mother`s darling pet,
But you can bet there`ll come a time when they will want me yet.

I want to serve the Stars and Stripes, I want to go and fight,
I want to lick the Kaiser good, and do the job up right.
I know the way to use a gun and I can dig a trench
And I would like to go and help the English and the French.
But no, they say, you cannot march away to stirring drums;
Be mother`s angel boy at home; stay there and twirl your thumbs.

I`ve read about the daring boys that fight up in the sky;
It seems to me that that must be a splendid way to die.
I`d like to drive an aeroplane and prove my courage grim
And get above a German there and drop a bomb on him,
But they won`t let me go along to help the latest drive;
They say my mother needs me here because I`m only five
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