The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #164129   Message #4222027
Posted By: Lighter
04-May-25 - 02:20 PM
Thread Name: Ten Thousand Gobs Laid Down Their Swabs
Subject: RE: Ten Thousand Gobs Laid Down Their Swabs
Nashville Banner (Jan. 20, 1924) [as learned on Parris I., 1918]:

“Ten thousand gobs
Laid down their swabs
To beat up ten marines.”