Dewey’s Way

I cannot tell how many ships

     The Czar has lost to date,

But this we know, the Japs have sunk

     Them at an awful rate.

‘Twas “two” and “four” and “five” and “six”,

     And often “eight” and “ten”;

When lo, a week would pass they’d have

     To sink ‘em all again.

We’re tired of all this sort of thing,

     And all the “War News” shun;

We wish they’d do a Dewey job,

     And have the blame thing done.

Feb. 29, 1904