And needin' 'em so much,
I 'lows how he can call on Bill,
To help 'im lick them Dutch.
For preacher sez: "God will protect
Me out thar," so, then, by Heck!
I am all O.K.
'Cause yisterday I gits insured,
And jined the church today.

The paper 'lows the fightin's bad,
As awful as can be--
Guns a-roarin'--blood a-flowin'--
And boats belo' thet sea.
But I'm ready--and I ain't a-feered
To die--if they do git me.
'Cause I ain't no skunking slacker,
If I am a "Georgia cracker,"
And if I don't come home no more,
The wolf won't come to my house door,
I am goin' when they say,
'Cause yisterday I gits insured,
And jined the church today.



"BEANS"

A dog there lived in many towns,
And he has wondrous wiles;
He travels in the Philippines,