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The terrible things that the Governor / Of Kansas says alarm me; / And yet somehow we won the war / In spite of the Regular Army.
The things they say of the old N. G.
Are bitter and cruel and hard; / And yet we walloped the enemy / In spite of the National Guard.
Too late, too late, was our work begun; / Too late were our forces sent; / And yet we smeared the horrible Hun / In spite of the President.
"What a frightful flivver this Baker is!"
Cried many a Senator; / And yet we handed the Kaiser his / In spite of the Sec. of War.
A sadly incompetent, sinful crew / Is that of the recent fight; / And yet we put it across, we do, / In spite of a lot of spite.