Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1917 — GOD SPEED YOU, SOLDIER BOY! [ARTICLE]

GOD SPEED YOU, SOLDIER BOY!

By CHARLES A. SNYDER.

The nation has called you, ‘ Bravely Boy, you have answered the call. i And no matter whate’er may befall you, We’re with you a hundred million all. God speed you. Soldier Boy; keep you day by day, And bring you back to us unharmed At the closing of the fray. Mothers, dads and sweethearts true, the friends you've left behind Are praying that you, on the battleground. Might hear this prayer of cheer. May God speed you. Soldier Boy, to all of us most dear. So let’s pray that 1 ’twill all soon be ended And back home once again you’ll return, r With Old Glory and Victory blended To your loved ones who night and day > will yearn.