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Show 1111 THE WAR TAX Uncle Sam has set a tax On Pullman seats and chewing wax, On circus' tickets, booze unmixed, And many other things 'tis' fixed. And Gladys at the Drug store phone, In calling Tom, to which she's prone, To Uncle Sam mus.t give her pence, If she talks more than fifteen cents. And when you send a wire to Jane, And-' say to met you at the train, Then you must pay an extra mite. Because the Europeans fight. The tax on some ot course is rough But it does not go far enough. The country would be helped a bit, If several kinds of folks were hit. The knocker should be forced to pay Whenever he must have his say, The man who always wants to fight The city's progress, 'twould be right. If he were forced to pay a dime For every slur, each seperate time. And many other kinds there be, . You know them well and so do we. I t |