That heavy mailéd hand;

And Peace—you understand.

  All that’s American you’ll praise; The Yank can do no wrong. To use his own expressive phrase, Just “jolly him along.”

The Yank can do no wrong.

Just “jolly him along.”

  Express surprise to find, the more Of Roosevelt you see, How much I am like Theodore, And Theodore like me.

Of Roosevelt you see,

And Theodore like me.

[Pg 31]  I am, in fact, (this might not be A bad thing to suggest,)  The Theodore of the East, and he The William of the West.

[Pg 31]

A bad thing to suggest,)

The William of the West.

  And, should you get a chance, find out— If anybody knows—  Exactly what it’s all about, That Doctrine of Monroe’s.

If anybody knows—

That Doctrine of Monroe’s.

  That’s entre nous. My present plan You know as well as I:  Be just as Yankee as you can; If needs be, eat some pie.

You know as well as I:

If needs be, eat some pie.

  Cut out the ’kraut, cut out Rhine wine, Cut out the Schützenfest, The Sängerbund, the Turnverein, The Kommers, and the rest.

Cut out the Schützenfest,

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