And talked of the struggle that's taking men's
lives in these terrible days o'er the seas,
"But I've been through the thick of the thing
and I know when a battle's begun,
It isn't the phone you depend on for help. It's
the legs of a boy who can run.
"It isn't because of the phone that I'm here.
To-day you are talking to me
Because of the grit and the pluck of a boy. His
title was Runner McGee.