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Title: When Will It End
Author: Abner Cosens [
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November, 1916
Von Krink tells Fritz when the War will end.
Ven you tinks dis beeg var vill get done?
(Dat's de ting you hear efryone say.)
Britty soon vill dey lay down de gun,
So I home mit Katrina can shtay?
Vell, I tells you mine friends, vot I tink,
Dat de Kaiser don't know, nor de Czar,
So I shpeak mit dat feller, Von Krink,
Shoost how soon ve can settle dis var.
"Ve vill not shtop de fight," said Von Krink
"Till de Kaiser climbs down from his throne
All dot Wilhelmstrasse bunch, I don't tink,
Haf deir backs mitout moss ofergrown.
Ve vill take back de Heligoland,
Und dose Krupp vorks to bieces vill shmash,
Ve vill shpoil all dose profits so grand,
Und Miss Bertha can cook her own hash."
"Und dose blaces vay out in de sun,
Vere de Kaiser such goot money shpends,
John Bull vill shoost tink it fine fun
To divide dem around mit his friends,
Ve vill take all de Kaiser's beeg ships,
Ve vill make free de Kiel canal
Und de Shermans must pass oudt de chips
Ven dey lose de beeg jack-pot next fall.
"Den berhaps if dey're getting too gay,
Ve vill bang dem a couple of times;
Dat already might be de best way,
For to settle dose submarine crimes.
Ven ve get all dose leetle chores done,
Und some more ve can't tink about yet,
Ve vill hang up de sword und de gun.
But not von minute sooner, you bet!"
[The end]
Abner Cosens's poem: When Will It End
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