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"Song For Heroes" from New Yorker

by Ellis Parker Butler
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from New Yorker
Song For Heroes
by Ellis Parker Butler

Captain O'Hare was a mariner brave;
He refused to abandon his ship;
A hero, he sleeps in a watery grave --
And his widow is now Mrs. Bipp,
        Haw! Haw!
His widow is now Mrs. Bipp!

Henri Dupont was a fearless young ace;
Five thousand feet up he was hit;
Each year on his grave pretty flowers we place --
And his widow is now Mrs. Schmitt,
        Haw! Haw!
His widow is now Mrs. Schmitt!

Corporal Dunn was a volunteer bold;
He plunged in the deadliest fray;
A bayonet thrust laid him out stony cold --
And his widow is now Mrs. Gray,
        Haw! Haw!
His widow is now Mrs. Gray!

But Peter McGuck was a cowardly sneak,
Like a hound he remained home in fear;
When fishing one day he fell into the creek --
And his widow is now Mrs. Greer,
        Haw! Haw! Haw!
Mrs. William O'Houlihan Greer!


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