FRITZ'S WAY.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 December 1917, Page 1

FRITZ'S WAY.

j. (The Tank has become a popular 1 gag in the English revues. In fact the name has been almost run to death. One good point common to. ’both the German home-made equivalent terms for the Tank—“Panzerkraftwngen ” and “ Schutzengrabenvernichtungsautomobil ” —is that they do not lend themselves to the inalcing of lyrics. . . Colonel F. D. Swinton, C. 8., D. 5.0., Royal Engineers.) In our simple soldier language, They’re the Gasoline Dragoons, I Foy they lumber up in squadrons When we’re charging in platoons — And' they half not nor surrender For it isn’t in the game, And, besides, if Fritzie took them Look at. what would lie their name. Do yoh wvonder why we’re scrappin', • When the mud is eokl and deep— When theybirds in civvy clotliin’ - Is at. home,-in bed, asleep ? Well, supposin'flor a moment, t That won this war— Mow’d yotviTk& 'to talk their language ? . . , , . , Well, that’s what, we’re fightiu for. t! Schutzengrabenvernichtungsa — Automobii ” —(Think of that! And we’ve called ’em Tanks and Willies)— But when Fritz wants something pat. Pie says, “ Panzerkraftemvagen ” Which of course, ain’t quite so bad. But the schutzen-grabbin-nothin’ — Why, the name’d drive me mad. It’s a harmless flight of fancy , Is the Gasoline Dragoons—i And it kind of fits the moment ) And is suitable to tunes. ISo remember, you hard thinkers I And objectors, what I say, f If you don’t dam’ soon get busy l You’ll be talkin’ Fritzie’s way.