Part 2 — FINIS
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There's a lot that's pretty funny in the life we lead up here, The problems and the hikin' and the mess; But sometimes when I'm all alone I get a little blue, And that's the way with everyone, I guess. I often sit and wonder what it's really all about, And what the end of all this will be; It seems almost impossible that we will be at war, And see the things a soldier has to see. It's something more than just parade and something more than drill, And something more than hiking in the rain. It means that lots of friends we've made are going over seas, And some of them will not come back again.
There's not a single man of us who really wants to fight, And maybe die somewhere in France—but then, It's war, and since it must be done, we'll try to do it right. God willing, we'll acquit ourselves like men.
