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Show n m JOBLESS HEROES .By Edmund Vance Cook in the Washington Herald. Yes, they cheered our march, Through the Victory Arch That they built for a "welcome home," And the mayor was there From his "civic chair," And the Gov. from the State House dome. And somebody -pung and somebody spoke. .He talked so long that I wished he'd choke., And everyone cheered a lot. We were soused with coffee and cigar- . ettes; Oh, yes, we thought we were quite': some pets, ,N And then then they all forgot, Now a Yank is a Yank, and a Gob'sa Gob But neither is much when he needs a job. If was "Bud" and "Jack," And a slap on the back, ' And a "Come to the old canteen." A bit of a lark, A ride in the park, ' And a wasting of gasoline. But a cheer soon dies, and a smoke's soon gone, And a speech isn't built to be lived upon. For more than a week or so, And "herof and "savior" sound right nice But it pretty much looks that they cut no ice, Wh.en your cash' on hand runs low. Yes, a Yank is a Yjank and a Gob's a Gob. . And "glory" is good, but a job is a job. M M kJ |