He leaves his wife or mother,
He learns to march and drill,
For wise men say, “Ah, haste the day
When you can stab and shoot and slay-
God bless you while-YOU KILL!”
-Ralph Chaplin
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Hellraisers Journal, Wednesday October 31, 1917
A Rebel Verse from Ralph Chaplin
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SOURCE & IMAGE
When the Leaves Come Out
And Other Rebel Verses
-by Ralph Chaplin
Cleveland, Ohio, 1917
https://archive.org/stream/whenleavescomeou00chap#page/n5/mode/2up
WWI, Ralph Chaplin, Slaves to Slaughter
https://archive.org/stream/whenleavescomeou00chap#page/24/mode/2up
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