John Tracy Winterich

This republication is made with the consent and approval of Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, under the direction of the former editorial council of The Stars and Stripes, now associated in the publication of The Home Sector.

John T. Winterich End of Foreword Just Thinkin' By Hudson Hawley, Private M.G.B.N. Read by John Greenman for LibriVox.org Just Thinkin' Standin' up here on the fire step Lookin' ahead in the mist With a tin hat over your ivory And a rival clutched in your fist Waitin' and watchin' and wonderin' If the Hun's comin' over tonight Say, ain't the things you think of Enough to give you a fright? Things you ain't even thought of For a couple of months or more Things that'll set you laughin' Things'll make you sore Things that you saw in the movies Things that you saw on the street Things that you're really proud of Things that are not so sweet Debts that are past collectin' Stories you hear and forget Ball games and birthday parties Hours of drill in the wet Headlines, recruitin' posters Sunsets way out at sea Evenings of paydays, golly It's a queer thing, this memory Faces of pals in Homeburg, voices of womenfolk, verses you learnt in schooldays pop up in the mist and smoke as you stand there gripping that rifle a-starin' and chilled to the bone, wond'rin' and wond'rin' and wond'rin', just thinkin' there all alone: When will the war be over? When will the gang break through? What will the U.

S. look like? What will there be to do? Where will the Boches be then? Who will have married Nell? When's that relief a-comin' up? Gosh, but this thinkin 's hell! End of poem.

This recording is in the public domain.

This republication is made with the consent and approval of Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, under the direction of the former Editorial Council of the Stars and Stripes, now associated in the publication of The Home Sector.

John T. Winterich.

Just Thinkin' by Hudson Hawley, Private MGBN, read by John Greenman for LibriVox.org Just Thinkin' Standin' up here on the fire-step, lookin' ahead in the mist, with a tin hat over your ivory and a rival clutched in your fist, waitin' and watchin' and wonderin' if the Hun's comin' over tonight.

Say, ain't the things you think of enough to give you a fright? Things you ain't even thought of for a couple of months or more.

This republication is made with the consent and approval of Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, under the direction of the former editorial council of The Stars and Stripes, now associated in the publication of The Home Sector.

John T. Winterich End of Foreword Just Thinkin' by Hudson Hawley, Private M.G.B.N., read by John Greenman for LibriVox.org Just Thinkin' Standin' up here on the fire step, lookin' ahead in the mist, with a tin hat over your ivory and a rifle clutched in your fist, waitin' and watchin' and wonderin' if the Hun's comin' over tonight.

Say, ain't the things you think of enough to give you a fright? Things you ain't even thought of for a couple of months or more.

Things that'll set you laughin'.