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Show ) THE SERVICE FLAG Dear little flag In the window there, ' Hung with a tear and a woman's prayer; Child of Old GlorjX born with a Btar Oh I what a wonderful flag you are. Blue Is your star in Us field ot ytitr white, ' "J" jfc DIpped'tn the red. that was'born of tight; Born of the blood that our forebears shed To raise your mother, the Flag, o'eilicad. And now you've come, In this frenzied fren-zied day, To speak from n window to speak and say: "I am the voice of a soldier son Gone, to bo gone till the victory's won. "I am the flag ot the service, sir; The flag'ot his mother I speak for her, , Who stands by my window and watts and fears, But hides from the others her unwept un-wept tears. ' "I am the flag of the wires who wait I For the safe Teturn of a martial mate f I A mate gone forth where the war I god thrives To save from sacrifice other men's wives. "I am the flag of the sweethearts I true; The often unthough of the sisters, I too. I I am the flag ot a mother's son, I And won't come down till the vlc- . tory's won. ' -( is, , iWJVTVWH I Dear little flag In the window there, I Hung with a tear and a woman's v prayer; Child ot Old Glory, born with a . star Ohl what a wonderful flag you are! --'B By wiu,am Hersch0, |