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Show GETTING TO KNOW THE YANKS. H (According to T. Atkins.) i'H Oh, the English and the Irish, and the H 'owlin' Scotties, too, H The Canucks and Austryleyuns, and H the 'airy French Poilu H The only thing that bothered us a year fl before we knew, 1 Was 'ow in 'ell the Yanks 'ud look, an' wot in 'ell they'd do. H They 'adn't 'ad no tryneln'; they didn't know tho gyme, They 'adn't never marched it much their shootin' was the syme; An' the only thing that bothered us that day in lawst July Was 'ow in 'ell the lino'd 'old If they H should run aw'y. My word! It 'appened sudden w'cn the H drive 'ad first begun; We seed the Yanks a'running' Gaw blimy! 'ow they run! H But the only thing that bothered us H that seed the chase begin H Was 'ow in 'ell to stop lorn 'fore they 1 got into Berlin! jH So we're standin' all together In a stlf- H fish flrin' line, H If any one should awsk you, you can H say we're doln' fine, H The only thing that bothered us don't bother us no more: H It's why in 'ell we didn't know the H Yankee boys before! H Emerson Hough of the Vigilantes. H |