"Frenchie"

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"I found him in a shell-hole,
With a gash across his head,
Standing guard beside his master,
Though he knew the boy was dead.....
When I crawled back in the trenches,
-And I took his master, too,-
Frenchie followed. Guess he figured,
Just because of that, I'd do....
He has fleas, and I have " cooties".
He speaks French; I "no compree"....
And when for home I'm starting,
If I live to see this through,
Just one thing is sure as shooting;
That my dog is going too."

Sgt. Frank C. McCarthy, A.E.F

From the book..." Songs of Dogs",
An Anthology Selected and Arranged by
Robert Frothingham
1920
given to me by my maternal Grandfather
 
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