Mortarboard . hoe it up right merri-lee. An ugly weed grew by the corn,She eyed that ugly weed with scorn ;All weeds, said she, from here must go,So she gave it a clip with her trusty hoe. Then out came Dr. Squizzy, the Hun,My Gawd, said he, what have you done?Say dont you know a pumpkin vine?Ill butter you, you son-of-a-swine. But Tommy was not one bit cowed ;She said, You neednt yell so loud!At swearing I must draw the line;Tell with you and your pumpkin vine. I am a farmerette, farmerette,I am a farmerette,I aint had my dinner yetAnd my tummy cant forget,—Damn the cook. Each morn I rise at
Mortarboard . hoe it up right merri-lee. An ugly weed grew by the corn,She eyed that ugly weed with scorn ;All weeds, said she, from here must go,So she gave it a clip with her trusty hoe. Then out came Dr. Squizzy, the Hun,My Gawd, said he, what have you done?Say dont you know a pumpkin vine?Ill butter you, you son-of-a-swine. But Tommy was not one bit cowed ;She said, You neednt yell so loud!At swearing I must draw the line;Tell with you and your pumpkin vine. I am a farmerette, farmerette,I am a farmerette,I aint had my dinner yetAnd my tummy cant forget,—Damn the cook. Each morn I rise at five, rise at five, Each morn I rise at five, And all day a hoe I drive, While the weeds grow fat and thrive, And I starve. At noon I get religion, get religion, At noon I get religion, But by evening my decision, Is all for socialism, Six-hour day. Whats that cook a-trying to make, trying to make?Whats that cook a-trying to make?Spose its macaroni steak,Gosh its strawberry shortcake!Mmrnnimmmmmmmm ! t 58 ]. [ 59 ] Although helping in war activities at home, we have all felt a desire to share in that work which we realizedto be the most important, the work overseas. It has, therefore, been a great satisfaction to be so splendidly repre-sented by Barnards Canteen and Repatriation Units in France. Besides these groups who are directly under theauspices of the college, thirty-two other alumnae are carrying our ideals into their work abroad. They have, in thewords of our own Miss Boyd, held themselves in readiness to *go where they were sent, stay where they were put, anddo as they were told. Some have been asked to make a report on the condition of refugees in a section of doctor of the Repatriation Unit, on being notified that she was needed in a nearby city, traveled all night in orderthat she might take over the work of a physician who had fallen ill. Miss Eleanor Doty has been directly behind thelines in France, serving cocoa and crackers to the troops returning
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