Show The Difference YalePrlncton grounds after Thanksgiving Thanksgiv-ing game Oh grandpa why these doleful signs sigs Of grim redvisaged war This Boucedup field these symptoms l Of blood and strife and gore These pantaloons this soleless shoe And last of all this ear Oh tell me grandpa tell me why We see these lying here My boy In days of long ago Men risked both limb ag life le In tournament and deeds of war And sanguinary strife They fought for glory and renown For ladye and for state And for the sacrifice so free Their fellows called them great And grandpa was this battle ground Like Blenheim field of old And was this light a glorious I As my readers told Mv lad this fight was not for king f Though King was in the fight And not for added lands and towns And not for ladye bright Twos not because some monarchs spleen Must find a fitting vent I was not that the Congress bad i Has all our money spent And yet as I recall the tale As i was told to meA me-A glorious victory J That was an anxious day my lad That started with the light We knew how fierce the strife would be How desperate the fight And when the glad result was known I danced and yelled with glee The odds were all against us but Our boys had won you see A missing ear in football lad Is quite a common thing And players take their chances just Like fighters in a ring Of course the field looks more or less As Blenheim did that day But there is just this difference la You see we call this play W L L in Chicago Inter Ocean |