Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1918 — HOT AIR VS. BULLETS. [ARTICLE]

HOT AIR VS. BULLETS.

I used to call the kaiser A lot of ugly names, . And spent my days consigning him To Satan’s hottest flames; Each morning on arising I called him Such »and Such, But it didn’t seem to bother The kaiser very much. For all my bitter hatred Had never bought a gun, Or furnished ammunition To kill a single Hun! They didn’t stop their fighting Because it made me sore—In fact, I found that hating Would never win the war. So now instead of shooting A lot of heated air, I’m shooting reg’lar bullets ’ At the Germans over there, For every bond’s a bullet. And I’m buying them in bands. A shell is the only message The kaiser understands.