DER TAG
(In answer to the German toast “Der Tag” in which the German war lords toasted the time when Deutschland would be “über alles.”)
Here’s to the day when the whole thing is won!Here’s to the day when the Kaiser is done!Here’s to the day when we break his swelled dome!Here’s to the day that we go marching home!Long, restless nightsWith cursed cootie bitesThings of the past!Hot baths at last!Real dollar bills!No more O.D. pills!Chicken instead of our canned willie chow!All of the ice cream the law will allow!Mess in the way we want to be messed!Dress in the way we like to be dressed!Neckties and suits!No more salutes!A nice, comfy bedWith a mattress insteadOf some billet floorThat makes your ribs sore.The day when we no longer blister our heels,But know how a ride in the old subway feels!The day that we no longer parlez Français,But speak once again in the good old home way!Keep running, Fritz, as you’re now on the run,And before very long you will be a licked Hun,With “Der Tag” that you toasted time-worn and passé,While we drink triumphantly: Here’s to Our Day!Howard J. Green, Corp., Inf.
Here’s to the day when the whole thing is won!Here’s to the day when the Kaiser is done!Here’s to the day when we break his swelled dome!Here’s to the day that we go marching home!Long, restless nightsWith cursed cootie bitesThings of the past!Hot baths at last!Real dollar bills!No more O.D. pills!Chicken instead of our canned willie chow!All of the ice cream the law will allow!Mess in the way we want to be messed!Dress in the way we like to be dressed!Neckties and suits!No more salutes!A nice, comfy bedWith a mattress insteadOf some billet floorThat makes your ribs sore.The day when we no longer blister our heels,But know how a ride in the old subway feels!The day that we no longer parlez Français,But speak once again in the good old home way!Keep running, Fritz, as you’re now on the run,And before very long you will be a licked Hun,With “Der Tag” that you toasted time-worn and passé,While we drink triumphantly: Here’s to Our Day!Howard J. Green, Corp., Inf.
Here’s to the day when the whole thing is won!Here’s to the day when the Kaiser is done!Here’s to the day when we break his swelled dome!Here’s to the day that we go marching home!
Here’s to the day when the whole thing is won!
Here’s to the day when the Kaiser is done!
Here’s to the day when we break his swelled dome!
Here’s to the day that we go marching home!
Long, restless nightsWith cursed cootie bitesThings of the past!Hot baths at last!Real dollar bills!No more O.D. pills!
Long, restless nights
With cursed cootie bites
Things of the past!
Hot baths at last!
Real dollar bills!
No more O.D. pills!
Chicken instead of our canned willie chow!All of the ice cream the law will allow!Mess in the way we want to be messed!Dress in the way we like to be dressed!
Chicken instead of our canned willie chow!
All of the ice cream the law will allow!
Mess in the way we want to be messed!
Dress in the way we like to be dressed!
Neckties and suits!No more salutes!A nice, comfy bedWith a mattress insteadOf some billet floorThat makes your ribs sore.
Neckties and suits!
No more salutes!
A nice, comfy bed
With a mattress instead
Of some billet floor
That makes your ribs sore.
The day when we no longer blister our heels,But know how a ride in the old subway feels!The day that we no longer parlez Français,But speak once again in the good old home way!
The day when we no longer blister our heels,
But know how a ride in the old subway feels!
The day that we no longer parlez Français,
But speak once again in the good old home way!
Keep running, Fritz, as you’re now on the run,And before very long you will be a licked Hun,With “Der Tag” that you toasted time-worn and passé,While we drink triumphantly: Here’s to Our Day!Howard J. Green, Corp., Inf.
Keep running, Fritz, as you’re now on the run,
And before very long you will be a licked Hun,
With “Der Tag” that you toasted time-worn and passé,
While we drink triumphantly: Here’s to Our Day!
Howard J. Green, Corp., Inf.