Reprisal

Sister Susie's sittin' knittin' Sweaters, wristlets, scarfs, an' socks; She ain't "sewin' shirts for soldiers" 'Cause she got so many knocks From th' papers 'bout her sewin'-- Now she's knittin' pounds of yarn Into things to send away.... Well, I don't care, Don't care a darn!

Hasn't knit no scarf or sweater, Hasn't made no socks for me; Little brother, he can rustle For himself alone, you see! Maw is on the Help Committee, Paw is drillin' with th' Guard; Brother's soldierin'--and sister's Knittin' fast An' awful hard!

No, they won't pay me no 'tention, So I'm goin' to run away, Join th' army as a--as a Bellboy, may be, without pay. Then I'll get a scarf an' sweater And some socks, soon as I go, From some other feller's sister That I do not Even know.