Says th’ kernel. “All troops out.”
Gosh, how we did hurry,
For we looked a doggone fright—
Some had hats a-missin’,
An’ they warn’t a coat in sight.
First we cleaned up in th’ offus,
Then we swept up in th’ street,
An’ it wasn’t many seconds
Till th’ place wuz hard t’ beat.
Next we hunted up our clothin’,