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Title: With the Colors
Songs of the American Service

Author: Everard Jack Appleton

Release Date: December 9, 2006 [eBook #20072]

Language: English

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WITH THE COLORS

Songs of the American Service

by

EVERARD JACK APPLETON

Author of "The Quiet Courage"

Cincinnati
Stewart & Kidd Company
1917
Copyright, 1917 by
Stewart & Kidd Company
All Rights Reserved
Copyright in England

TO THE

BEST FLAG OF ALL:

The Stars and Stripes.

CONTENTS

I--WITH THE COLORS

The Colors 9
Loyalty 10
The Old National Guard 11
The Alien 13
The 'Skeeter Fleet 17
Little Mother 18
Soldiers of the Soil 20
The Lady's Man 22
Cookie Jim 23
The Sandwich Girl 25
Bugler Bill 28
Heinie the Hostler 29
Our Job 31
Her Johnny 33
The First Fleet 34
Briggs of Base No. 8 36
The Penguin Driver 39
Waitin' 40
We're All Right Here 42
Reprisal 44
The Soul of Sergeant Todd 45
The Busy Lady 47
Overdoing It 49