GETTIN’ LETTERS
When you’re far away from home an’ you’re feelin’ kind o’ blue,
When the world is topsy turvy, nothin’ sets jest right fer you,
Yuh can sneer at all yer troubles, an’ yer cares yuh never mind,
When you’ve really had a letter from the Girl yuh left behind.
When the cook is downright nutty, an’ his biskits never raise,
When he feeds yuh canned tomatoes fer jes’ seventeen straight days,
Yuh can quite fergit he’s nutty, yuh can treat him fairly kind,
If you’ve really had a letter from the Girl yuh left behind.
When the Captain’s got a grouch on, an’ has bawled yuh out fer fair,
When some pesky Lieut has sassed yuh which to home he wouldn’t dare,
Yuh can lift yer chin an’ whistle, an’ that’s easy, yuh will find,
If you’ve really had a letter from the Girl yuh left behind.
When a letter comes yuh grab it right before the other guys,
An’ yuh git a little vision of the light that’s in Her eyes;
Yuh can see Her smiles an’ dimples, an’ fer other girls you’re blind
When you’ve really had a letter from the Girl yuh left behind.
Jest a sheet or two of paper with a purple stamp or two,
But it means the whole creation to the heart an’ soul o’ you,
An’ yuh git to feelin’ pious, an’ yuh pray a bit, yuh mind,
For the great Almighty’s blessin’ on the Girl yuh left behind.
E. C. D., Field Hospital.