Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-09-12 | Page 4 | Just Folks

Just Folks By Edgar A. A Guest PLEDGE We can do it if we will Weve We've the courage weve we've the skill Weve We've the man power for the hammers hammersAnd hammersAnd hammersAnd And the wrenches and the drills Weve We've the money and the means For the guns and the machines And well we'll waste no working minute To complain about the bills On the land and on the sea Where they fight for you and me In the skies where they are battling Forces greater far than ours This is dreadful truth I speak War runs seven days a week And the boys must stay on duty With no thought of wage or hours We can do it if we will Longer stay at lathe and drill Faster feed the mighty presses Making ships and tanks and guns And with that self-same self devotion devotion devo devo- tion Shown on sky on land and ocean We can share the war for freedom freedom freedom free free- dom domAnd domAnd domAnd And the victory with our sons Copyright 1942 Edgar A. A Guest