Part 1 — THOSE RUMORS
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He sauntered in With a knowing grin, The news he'd been to hear; We knew right well He'd come to tell The latest from the rear. "A hundred went," he said, "to-day, "Five hundred more must go they say; "Looks bad, Bill, guess you're on your way; "Darn few of us can hope to stay. "I got this straight from a friend of mine, "A friend of his in Company 9, "Heard from a friend in Company 10, "That Company 5 lost fifty men." With this you'd think Our hopes would sink, It ought to change our humor. We knew the source, So smiled of course, It was an L. T. rumor.