With the Colors

SONGS OF THE
AMERICAN SERVICE

BY
EVERARD JACK APPLETON
Author of "The Quiet Courage"

CINCINNATI
STEWART & KIDD COMPANY 1917

Copyright, 1917, by
STEWART & KIDD COMPANY
All Rights Reserved
Copyright in England

TO THE
BEST FLAG OF ALL:

The Stars and Stripes.

CONTENTS
[I—WITH THE COLORS]
[The Colors] 9
[Loyalty] 10
[The Old National Guard] 11
[The Alien] 13
[The 'Skeeter Fleet] 17
[Little Mother] 18
[Soldiers of the Soil] 20
[The Lady's Man] 22
[Cookie Jim] 23
[The Sandwich Girl] 25
[Bugler Bill] 28
[Heinie the Hostler] 29
[Our Job] 31
[Her Johnny] 33
[The First Fleet] 34
[Briggs of Base No. 8] 36
[The Penguin Driver] 39
[Waitin'] 40
[We're All Right Here] 42
[Reprisal] 44
[The Soul of Sergeant Todd] 45
[The Busy Lady] 47
[Overdoing It] 49
[The Givers] 50
[Hullo, Soldier, How's the Boy?] 52
[Beans] 54
[Behind the Lines] 56
[The Disappointed] 58
[Good-bye, Boys!] 60
[That's All] 61
[An American Creed] 63
[II—IN OTHER KEYS]
[Youth o' the Year] 67
[Unfinished] 69
[Paid in Advance] 70
[We Rode at Night] 71
[Now—and Then] 73
[Understood] 74
[The Christmas Spirit] 75
[The Reason] 76
[The Modern Way] 77
[Because——!] 79
[That Smile] 80
[The Gift of Gifts] 81
[The Neighbors] 82
[Uncle Bill's Idea] 83
['Lizabeth Ann's Picture] 85
[The Small Boy Explains] 87
[The Bold Lover] 88
[Imagination] 89
[Willing to Trade] 91
[The Lonely Child] 93
[Th' Little Feller's Gone] 95
[The Fisherman's Son] 97
[The Dog Confesses] 99
[Br'er Rabbit in de Bresh Pile] 101
[When] 104