Oh, I could name a dozen jobs that I'd consider finer,

But since I've got this one to do I'll never be a whiner.

I'm just a private in the ranks, but take it from my letter,

They'll never fire your son for one who'll do his duty better."


His Santa Claus

He will not come to him this year with all his old-time joy,

An imitation Santa Claus must serve his little boy;

Last year he heard the reindeers paw the roof above his head,

And as he dreamed the kindly saint tip-toed about his bed,