S^'- ^^^ o" 
 
 

 <^. 
 
 :. -^ 
 
 .0 
 
 -^^0^ 
 
 
(S/M. Uf^U^"^ y^-^^xz^-r^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 BOYs 
 
 •4s 
 
 VALIANT SOLDIERS 
 
 Sold to defray Expenses of my Sick Mother 
 and to publish a song entitled 
 
 Our Soldier Boys are Going to Get the Kaiser 
 
 Watch for the Song. 
 l^RItrn^ oO CENTS 
 
 Eagle Prim 
 
OCT -j 1918 
 €)CI.A5054n8 
 

 I. Wm. B. Newton Colonel Cranes, 9th Im- 
 mutes, Co. E., stationed at New Orleans, La., went 
 "over the top" at San Juan Hill in Uncle Sam's 
 name in 1898. 
 
 I, Willie Edmonds of Sawtelle, Cal., Co. E. 2nd. 
 Development Battallion, Camp Upton, N. Y. 
 When I reaches the Top, I's going to "mop." 1918. 
 
 J^^^mnJt^ 
 
 O 
 
 Written and composed by 
 
 A. L. PORTER 
 
 1 141 V2 E. nth St. Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
Our Boys as Valiant Soldiers 
 
 I 
 
 Remember the year of 1898, the war with Spain. 
 
 Of which our country gave a thrill ! 
 
 To our Colored men that went over the top at San 
 
 Juan Hill, 
 And took down the colors of Spain in Uncle Sam's 
 
 name. 
 
 II 
 
 And placed instead the Red, White, and Blue. 
 We were one hundred per cent American for true. 
 We have proved it as a Colored nation, 
 Ever since the day of our emancipation. 
 
 HI 
 
 To our flag, we have always been true. 
 Many a time we have felt awful blue ; 
 But God will forgive and we will too. 
 We will stick to our flag — the Red, White, and 
 Blue. 
 
 IV 
 
 Our Colored men will fight with all their might. 
 To see the Huns take their flight; 
 Not even giving them a chance to take a bite ; 
 When they are dead they will be over their fright. 
 
And when they get in a submarine 
 They will start out for a German stream, 
 And when they spy a German fleet 
 They will give the Huns a surprising treat. 
 
 VI 
 
 And when they get into a trench 
 
 They will hold their position like a wrench. 
 
 The Huns will say "We are a nut, 
 
 Those negro boys have got us stuck." 
 
 VII 
 
 And when they sail in an airoplane, 
 The bombs will be seen just like rain 
 The Kaiser will think they are gone insane 
 And all of his men will go up in flame. 
 
 VIII 
 
 The Kaiser then, he wanted to know 
 Which way the men went that acted so ; 
 When he found out, he gave a joyous shout, 
 Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! I'll put them to a deadly rout. 
 
 IX 
 
 But when he takes a notion to begin, 
 He wishes to God he had never started in, 
 For he knows God doesn't stand for sin, 
 And he has "went into it to swim." 
 
 Evil, envy and strife should be buried under the 
 
 sod ; 
 It is one of the golden rules of our Almighty God, 
 And we all should stand firm for our nation, 
 Regardless of our creed, color, or occupation. 
 
XI 
 
 The wrong- has always had its way, 
 But right will never lose the day. 
 God will always up-hold the right. 
 And the wrong, He will put to flight. 
 
 XII 
 
 The greatest thing I'd like to see, 
 
 Colored and White together on bended knee. 
 
 And asking God to hear our plea, 
 
 "Give us this World-war victory." 
 
 XIII 
 
 Kaiser Bill will become as humble as a lamb. 
 He always honors and respects Uncle Sam. 
 Uncle Sam will then say to the Kaiser 
 "You tried to hold land and sea like a miser.'" 
 
 XIV 
 
 The Kaiser will say, "I lost it all, 
 
 Uncle Sam was the cause of my downfall, 
 
 He is a friend of Old John Bull, 
 
 And with that old man I have no pull." 
 
 XV 
 
 Uncle Sam and France go hand in hand ; 
 
 When they play music, they are a whole brass 
 
 band ; 
 When it comes to sharps, they are there on the 
 
 point, 
 And when they slide, they go to the joint. 
 
 XVI 
 
 When this old world-war is done 
 And victory of democracy has won. 
 It will make this old world better, 
 And peace, I hope, will reign forever. 
 
 J*D 13 6 
 
Told him to keep the change. 
 
 I went into a store the other, day, and bought a 
 pair of shears, paid and $1.50 for them. I gave 
 the clerk a $5.00 bill, and after doing so, I noticed 
 that the shears were manufactured in Berlin. I 
 stood around a while, and he asked me what was 
 wrong. I said that I wa.'' waiting for my change, 
 he said he would tell his Uncle Sam to change it to 
 Baltimore, Md. I told him to keep the c'lange. 
 
 The Newly-Weds Change. 
 
 She: Say Darling, do you love me? (speaking in 
 
 doubt) 
 He: Why, yes Hun. (not thinking) 
 She: I always thought you were pretending you 
 
 ovled me, now I know it, clon't you eevr 
 
 speak to me again. 
 He: I will change vour pet name from Hun to Old 
 
 Glory. 
 She ; You may seal that statement with a kiss. 
 He and she — Yum, yum, yum. It was well done 
 
o 
 
 
■* v-/ 
 
 
 ST. AUGUSTINE f|: ^J^ : ^MW/k , ^\ 
 
 ..«'b?h°o\h« 
 
 /^^^FUA.