Stanza 1917

So let's see what the laddies need To charge the guns and not impede The rate of fire to cut them down And body bags to go all 'round. Let's give then picks and shovels And blamket rolls to boot, And heavy rolls of barbed wire To carry for the shoot. And fancy spats and bayonets And canteens and trenching tools, And gas masks and radios And spy glasses too. All crammed into the pit each man, His name and rank unknown! How bodily well he was supplied! The banker's wealth---it doth abide.