<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">The Present Battle-Field</h1><p class="byline"> WRIGHT FIELD <br xmlns:exist="http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/><span class="smallcaps"> IN The Stars And Stripes</span></p><div class="stanza"><p class="line">THE war is over, over there, </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And Peace made her bow--</p><p class="line">But the Battle of Verdun is on</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">At Jenkins' Corners now!.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">All's still along the rippling Somme,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Likewise at Belleau Wood--</p><p class="line">But the Jenkins' Corners Battle now</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Is merely going good!</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Now beaten into plowshares are</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The swords once dripping wet</p><p class="line">With human gore--but Heinies fall</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">At Jenkins' Corners yet!</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">The smoke of cannon floats away</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">In France, a fading cloud--</p><p class="line">But the war at Jenkins' Corners is</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Attracting quite a crowd!</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Pop Snider had a navvy there,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And old Zeke Wade a son,</p><p class="line">And since the boys are home again,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">They've waded in like fun.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">The checker--board is moved away,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">A gas-mask takes its place;</p><p class="line">The floor is neatly sanded, so</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The campaign they may trace.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Pop Snider knows what he'd have done,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And Zekiel has his say</p><p class="line">On where they made the great mistake</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And nearly lost the day.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">They fight it o'er from A to Z, </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And slay full many a Hun--</p><p class="line">For out at Jenkins' Corners now</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The war is just begun! </p></div></body></html> · Great War