With the Colors

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Title: With the Colors
Songs of the American Service
Author: Everard Jack Appleton
Release Date: December 9, 2006 [eBook #20072]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)
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WITH THE COLORS
Songs of the American Service
by
EVERARD JACK APPLETON
Author of "The Quiet Courage"
Cincinnati?Stewart & Kidd Company?1917?Copyright, 1917 by?Stewart & Kidd Company?All Rights Reserved?Copyright in England
TO THE
BEST FLAG OF ALL:
The Stars and Stripes.
CONTENTS
I--WITH THE COLORS
The Colors 9
Loyalty 10
The Old National Guard 11
The Alien 13
The 'Skeeter Fleet 17
Little Mother 18
Soldiers of the Soil 20
The Lady's Man 22
Cookie Jim 23
The Sandwich Girl 25
Bugler Bill 28
Heinie the Hostler 29
Our Job 31
Her Johnny 33
The First Fleet 34
Briggs of Base No. 8 36
The Penguin Driver 39
Waitin' 40
We're All Right Here 42
Reprisal