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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1908)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY. BEE, lIAIiCII 8, 1009. . y IligS ir g 'glT . L JJUllc Jf III I I LJj3f 1 J"f Jf There was trouble at the armory, . '"j' jj 1 """11 HJ V willf The CoIonel had the bIues' Ul 'Jfl w l)w yIIIya T l He couldn't get his men to come to drill; Wv" vv I lTI rfe ll And those who came were careless I v I t fT r Prt etais t,eir dress. " W v If I l III A Everything went very wrong until II I 1 y fj Iff 1 Miss Fluffy Ruffles, passing by E L3 I V That brioht. snmhmv Hav "-J J I y ki r i v o- , y y .'VY There was trouble at the armory, The Colonel had the blues, He couldn't get his men to come to drill; And those who came were careless Of the details of their dress. Everything went very wrong until Miss Fluffy Ruffles, passing by That bright, sunshiny day. Heard from within the clatter of "Ground arms l" And, stirred by curiosity, The drawbridge quickly passed And entered in to witness war's alarms. Through all the big, red armory The word then swiftly sped That Fluffy Ruffles had arrived for drill; From blocks and blocks and miles and miles The men came hurrying fast, Immediately the hall began to MIL fn company formation The line went sweeping by, While Fluffy and the Colonel beamed with pride; The Sister of the Regiment" They named her on the spot, And Fluffy was so glad she almost cried. But the Sister of the Regiment's A soldier like the rest, And a soldier's never known to shed a tear; So Fluffy smiled instead of cried The Colonel's heart was filled with pride And the soldiers gave the best drill of the year. (OOPYRICHT, 1908, BY THE NBW YORK HERALD GO.) AU Rights Reserved. f1-