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Edgar Guest - A Good Soldier
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He writes to us most every day, and how his letters thrill us!
    I can`t describe the joys with which his quaint expressions fill us.
    He says the military life is not of his selection,
    He`s only soldiering to-day to give the Flag protection.
    But since he`s in the army now and doing duties humble,
    He`ll do what all good soldiers must, and he will never grumble.

    He`s not so keen for standing guard, a lonely vigil keeping,
    "But when I must," he writes to us, "they`ll never find me sleeping!
    I hear a lot of boys complain about the tasks they set us
    And there`s no doubt that mother`s meals can beat the ones they get us,
    But since I`m here to do my bit, close to the job I`m sticking;
    I`ll take whatever comes my way and waste no word in kicking.

    "I`d like to be a captain, dad, a major or a colonel,
    I`d like to get my picture in some illustrated journal;
    I don`t exactly fancy jobs that now and then come my way,
    Like picking bits of rubbish up that desecrate the highway.
    But still I`ll do those menial tasks as cheerfully as could one,
    For while I am a private here I`m going to be a good one.

    "A soldier`s life is not the way I`d choose to make my living,
    But now I`m in the ranks to serve, my best to it I`m giving.
    Oh, I could name a dozen jobs that I`d consider finer,
    But since I`ve got this one to do I`ll never be a whiner.
    I`m just a private in the ranks, but take it from my letter,
    They`ll never fire your son for one who`ll do his duty better."
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