CONTENTS PAGE BILL 7 BILL S DAD 10 THE MOTHER OF BILL 13 BACKING UP
BILL 16 UP TO BILL 21 CHRISTMAS AND BILL 24 A LETTER TO BILL 27
BILL S UNCLE 29 A PRAYER FOR BILL 31 ALL TOGETHER 33 HELPING BILL
35 SEWING FOR BILL 37 A STAR FOR BILL 40 OVER THE TOP 45 THE U-BOAT
47 FOR FRANCE 48 VENGEANCE 51 THEY SHALL NOT PASS 53 THE BARBARIAN
56 THE COMFORTER . . 58 WE LL NEVER GIVE IN 60 377819 FOEEWOED
Somebody s boy has crossed th sea, Tquot do th fightin fer you and
me. Let s callhim quotBillquot he s anyman s son That carries a
pack an shoulders a gun. BiU of the U. S. A. BILL There won t much
excitement round our way, Bout th war. We tuk th papers an read em
through, When we hadn nuthin better t do. We didn know which side
wuz right, An didn much care who won th fight. So th ole war run
along until Th President said he needed Bill. Seems like th Dutch
wuz a-killin our folks Out on th sea, A-sinkin our ships an asendin
em down, An lettin th wimmin an children drown. Th President writ
em a note er two, em A-tellin what they d better do, But they kep
right on until Th President quotIt says, s up t Bill.quot So he
sent out word t count th men Ez wuz fitten t fight, An Bill he put
right off fer town, An found a feller at writ it down Bout where he
wuz born what town an state. An Bill he give im his age an date
quotBorn up yonder an livin there still. Scratch out Exempt, I ll
fight, quot sez Bill. 8 BILL There wan t any fellers much
straighter than Bill Er better built. A hundred an eighty an five
foot ten Th mould God uses when makin men. Bill s hairwuz black an
his eyes were blue That wuz his Irish showin through. An th captain
sez, ez captains will, quotSendme a million men like Bill.quot So
Billhe s packed an ready t go, Way over there. A-shoulderin gun an
his soldier s kit- Able an willin t do his quotbit.quot Eeady t see
th ole war through, An do th fightin there is t do. They ve fought
together, an allus will God an th U. S. A. an Bill. Our last
sightuv Billwuz jest is back, Far off in th distance, beneath is
pack. Couldn go t th train, his mother an me, A-makin it harder fer
Bill, y see. We stood on the sidewalk, an watched em go Shoulder t
shoulder, an row on row. Bill couldn speak, but is head wuz high.
quot He gave us a look, an waved Good bye, quot An I couldn help
feelin ez fathers, will, quotEf it only wuz me instead uv Billquot
10 BILL S DAD We didn say much, at supper, that night, An mother
seemed older more feeble an white, She stuck it out somehow, ez
brave ez could be Never thought uv herself, but allus uv me. We
seen in th papers at BilPd reached France, An off t th front, at th
very first chance, It told how th Frenchmen thanked God, on their
knees, When the Star Spangled Banner flew out on th breeze, Still I
couldn help feelin ez fathers will, quotEf it only wuz me instead
uv Billquot
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!