This is why I love WWI songs so much better than WWII. Ernie Mayne made a whole career out of songs like Lloyd George's Beer, My Meatless Day, Sugar...there were songs about war profiteering, conscientious objectors, and wartime lust. Some of the songs about the enemy were playful, like "Old Iron Cross" or the one suggesting that the way to trap the "Huns" was to entice them with sauerkraut and pinochle. Compared to the relentless team spirit of the whole Andrews Sisters/Johnny Mercer brigade, it is really refreshing to hear songs that honestly address the way people felt about the effect of the war on the soldiers and those at home.

Of course, now we don't sing about them at all...