My mother, who was born the year the Doughboys sailed for France, sang; "Good by Ma
"Good bye Pa.
Good bye mule with your old hee haw.
And fare you well my sweetheart dear,
Ill bring you a king for a souvenir.
I'll bring you a king and a Kaiser too,
And that's about all one feller can do."

She also sang a verse she learned from her uncle who served as an army doctor in both world wars.
"If you want to find the privates I know where they are. I know where they are. I know where they are. If you want to find the privates, I know where they are. They are up to their eyes in mud. I saw them! I saw them, up to their eyes in mud. They were up to their eyes in mud!"

She always knew she'd gotten a bowdlerized versiong. Happily she died before I got the Roberta and Barrand recording where the privates are "hanging on the old barbed wire."