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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SOLDIER SONG (4), by ANONYMOUS First Line: "the infantry, the infantry, with the dirt behind their ears" Last Line: They couldn't lick the infantry in a hundred thousand years Subject(s): Army - United States | |||
The Infantry, the Infantry, with the dirt behind their ears, The Infantry, the Infantry, that laps up all the beers; The Cavalry, Artillery, and the Goddamned Engineers They couldn't lick the Infantry in a hundred thousand years. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TAPS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON YOUR LAD, AND MY LAD by RANDALL PARRISH A CALL TO ARMS by MARY RAYMOND SHIPMAN ANDREWS THE DEBT UNPAYABLE by FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON AN ADDRESS TO THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF ... AMERICAN ARMY by PHILIP FRENEAU THE AMERICAN SOLDIER by PHILIP FRENEAU THE NORTHERN SOLDIER (2) by PHILIP FRENEAU TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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