| An altruistic fellow
Is our good old Uncle Sam; His fame is known throughout the earth From Cuba to Siam. He would spike the bristling cannon If he only had a chance And instruct the King of Seboo In the art of wearing pants. He's the very cream of patience If things are going right But when some one pulls his whiskers He is mighty apt to fight. He would feed the hungry millions With his wealth of golden grain And kid them when their hearts are sore Until they smile again. If they only tell their troubles And patiently will wait, We will rally to their rescue While our Uncle pays the freight. There's room for all the poor of earth Within his ample lap, But when some one treads his bunions He is mighty prone to scrap. He succored hungry Belgium Whose land was torn by war, He fought the epizootic On the shores of Labrador, He sent his Christmas turkeys To the folks in Guadeloupe To save our missionaries When the heathen yearned for soup. He's as peaceful as a Quaker And detests the battle's din But he'll fight his weight in wildcats When the wildcat rubs it in. His scholars and his statesmen Have worked from day to day To educate us in the art Of giving things away; Till we cut our daily rations To hominy and prunes And sent our eggs and bacon To the starving Kameroons. But when some husky bully Starts in to run a bluff He finds our Uncle isn't all The tender-hearted stuff. |
Verdigris Valley Verse
Albert Stroud
(Coffeyville, Kansas: The Journal Press. 1917)
Pages 42-43
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