This poem, along with "The Greasy Army Cooks," appears in Gibbons, Herbert Adams, *1893, 1918, "Songs from the Trenches, the Soul of the AEF," Harper & Bros., NY and London.

*The first date is an error, since it does not fit with other statements in the book nor any of the verses. The typescript contains a few mis-typings.

The book is dedicated to the first American soldier to give his life in France, Alan Seeger.

At the end of the two poems named above, Pvt. John T. Winterich is the name that appears. I would presume that he is the composer.

Many good poems in this online book. Similar volumes were printed in England containing verse by participants in WW1.

http://www.archive.org/stream/songsfromtrenche00gibbrich/songsfromtrenche00gibbrich_djvu.txt