Show Just Folks 1 By Jy Edgar Guest G I JOE Hes He's the youngster that you knew Racing up and down and down the street Tousled hair and too taD One you daily used to meet One who ho raced the summer through Bare of head and d bare of te feet t. t He is several millions strong From the city town and plain in Now you'll I find him in iri a throng Braving tropic heat and and rain Driving jeeps and tanks along Many a muddy German lane He has gone the world around North and south and east and west He has burrowed in the ground On the islands Japs infest On the streets o of Rome hes he's found And of Paris and of Brest Oh oli we knew him him- you and andI I In the not so long ago Saw him often otten passing by And his family we know Now the brave stout-hearted stout guy We have christened G GI I Joe Copyright 1914 Edgar Edgar-A. Guest |