Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 270, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1916 — A Soldier’s Shattered Dream. [ARTICLE]

A Soldier’s Shattered Dream.

I came down along tjie border On a ■ Presidential order, Tliinking I was going to fight; Not that I’m fond of killing, But am more than half way willing When Uncle Sam’s in right. I had a big idea I would capture Pancho Villa (Vea) And fill my mother’s heart with joy; And then I’d get Zapata And my friends’d all say “Atta, Atta certainly is some soldier boy.”

And another big bonanza Was to get old man Carranza And toy with his whiskers for awhile, For they’re very long and shaggy And they’re very rough and scraggy And I never liked their style. But my dreams so patriotic Lie about me all chaotic, In a heap of ardent hopes that went awry, ' And we’re down here on the border Doing this extended order And I guess we’re going to be hero till we die.