"B" - Division

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Division</I><I>                                                                                                   </I></div> <div> from: Songs of the Training Camps  (Officer Training School)</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>When we heard our country calling us we volunteered for service.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>It was just our simple duty, or it looked that way to us,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Though the thought of facing shell fire made us feel a trifle nervous,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And we weren't exactly anxious to be mixing in the fuss.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Now in companies, battalions, and in regiments we're drilling;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>We are lettered and we're numbered for our job "across teh foam,"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>But the men of "B" division weren't so ready or so willing;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>While </B></I><I><B>we</B></I><I><B> hold the muddy trenches </B></I><I><B>they'll</B></I><I><B> be quartered safe at home!</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Oh the men of "B" division made a safe and sane decision;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>They are meek and peaceful parties and they hate to pack a gun.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>They'll avoid the great collision, and we call 'em "B" division--</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>'Cause the'll "B" here while we're fighting,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And they'll "B" here when we're done!</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>They're calm, intrepid members of the club of "We should worry!"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>"Let George do it!" is their motto, and they follow it, all right;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>They're the ones who ducked conscription--though it put them in a flurry--</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And they'll try to cop our sweethearts while we go to France and fight.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>But I'd rather be a soldier who is daring blood abd slaughter,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Than to have a heart of putty and to stick at home, and know</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>That while other men were playing in the game across the water</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I belonged to "B" division, with the guys who wouldn't go!</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>They have made their own decision and they're stuck in "B" division,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>While we do our bit of service for the old Red, White, and Blue,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>But we view 'em with derision and we call 'em "B" division,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>'Cause they'll "B" here while we're fighting,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And they'll "B" here when we're through!</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B> </B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>Published in: </I><A HREF="popular_magazine.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Popular Magazine"><U><I>The Popular Magazine </I></U></A><I>- Jan 7, 1918</I></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>© 2000-2006, Berton Braley Cyber Museum. </I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>All rights reserved.</I></U></A></div> <div> <I>---</I></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com"><U><I>Contact Webmaster Peter Leeflang</I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>