HOME IS WHERE THE PIE IS

HOME IS WHERE THE PIE IS

“Home is where the heart is”—Thus the poet sang;But “home is where the pie is”For the doughboy gang.Crullers in the cratersPastry in abris—Our Salvation Army lassSure knows how to please.Watch her roll the pie crustMellower than gold;Watch her place it neatlyWithin its ample mold;Sniff the grand aromaWhile it slowly bakes—Though the whine of Minnie shellsEchoes far awakes.Tin hat for a halo!Ah, she wears it well!Making pies for homesick ladsSure is “beating hell”;In a region blastedBy fire and flame and sword,Our Salvation Army lassBattles for the Lord!Call me sacrilegious,And irreverent, too;Pies? They link us up with homeAs naught else can do!“Home is where the heart is”—True, the poet sang;But “home is where the pie is”To the Yankee gang!

“Home is where the heart is”—Thus the poet sang;But “home is where the pie is”For the doughboy gang.Crullers in the cratersPastry in abris—Our Salvation Army lassSure knows how to please.Watch her roll the pie crustMellower than gold;Watch her place it neatlyWithin its ample mold;Sniff the grand aromaWhile it slowly bakes—Though the whine of Minnie shellsEchoes far awakes.Tin hat for a halo!Ah, she wears it well!Making pies for homesick ladsSure is “beating hell”;In a region blastedBy fire and flame and sword,Our Salvation Army lassBattles for the Lord!Call me sacrilegious,And irreverent, too;Pies? They link us up with homeAs naught else can do!“Home is where the heart is”—True, the poet sang;But “home is where the pie is”To the Yankee gang!

“Home is where the heart is”—Thus the poet sang;But “home is where the pie is”For the doughboy gang.Crullers in the cratersPastry in abris—Our Salvation Army lassSure knows how to please.

“Home is where the heart is”—

Thus the poet sang;

But “home is where the pie is”

For the doughboy gang.

Crullers in the craters

Pastry in abris—

Our Salvation Army lass

Sure knows how to please.

Watch her roll the pie crustMellower than gold;Watch her place it neatlyWithin its ample mold;Sniff the grand aromaWhile it slowly bakes—Though the whine of Minnie shellsEchoes far awakes.

Watch her roll the pie crust

Mellower than gold;

Watch her place it neatly

Within its ample mold;

Sniff the grand aroma

While it slowly bakes—

Though the whine of Minnie shells

Echoes far awakes.

Tin hat for a halo!Ah, she wears it well!Making pies for homesick ladsSure is “beating hell”;In a region blastedBy fire and flame and sword,Our Salvation Army lassBattles for the Lord!

Tin hat for a halo!

Ah, she wears it well!

Making pies for homesick lads

Sure is “beating hell”;

In a region blasted

By fire and flame and sword,

Our Salvation Army lass

Battles for the Lord!

Call me sacrilegious,And irreverent, too;Pies? They link us up with homeAs naught else can do!“Home is where the heart is”—True, the poet sang;But “home is where the pie is”To the Yankee gang!

Call me sacrilegious,

And irreverent, too;

Pies? They link us up with home

As naught else can do!

“Home is where the heart is”—

True, the poet sang;

But “home is where the pie is”

To the Yankee gang!


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