THE JQKEIl:
"Such a Closeness"
'♦Hear the new guy in charge of the canteen is pretty
olose"#remarked the first doughboy.
"Close",ejaculated the secondfwho had just tried to
negotiate a touch,-"say,that guy is so close that
lie could swim across the Atlantic with an armful
of eels,and never lose one#
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“KiliSP ON SMILIN'".
"You got to keep on smilin',
However hard the way,
Altho1 you're shy the wind to try
I*o ketch up on the day.
You nfcy have took the measles,
Or else,perhaps,the mumps,
But just the same,you must be game,
And never get the dumps.
A glum and gloomy spirit
The brightest life can spile.
No matter what complaints you've got,
You've always got to smile.
You’ve got to keep on smilin’.
And never heave a sob,
Or pull a moan or spill a groan,
If you*re sore at your job#
If rest and sleep have left you,
Don’t never shed a tear,
Be glad and gay,as if you had
Time for a little cheer#
Remember, livin’ this a-v/ay
Ain’t such an awful trial,
The clouds,you.*11 find,are silver-lined,
If only you can smile#
You’ve got to keep on smilin’,
Ain’t no sich word as’fail',
Tho' by mistake the laws you break,
And find yourself in jail.
Why,even if they hang you,
The rope won’t hurt you long,
So,while we wait to meet our fate,
Let’s sing a little song.
Keep readin* smilin’ poems,
They make hard luck wofchh while;
Some recompense for all nonsense
Is Iearnin’ how to smile#
(James J.Montague)