Mudcat Café message #1207771

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Thread #2219 Message #1207771
Posted By: GUEST,Lighter
15-Jun-04 - 11:06 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Hesitation Blues + Spike Driver's Blues
Subject: RE: Hesitation Blues and Spike Driver's Blues

Among the many improvised stanzas to "Hesitation Blues" produced by U.S. soldiers in World War I:

I'd rather be a bulldog in a big back yard
Than a brigadier general in the National Guard.