A German Germ

Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume X, Issue 3, 1 July 1917, Page 152

A German Germ

R. D. Aimie

A German germ was born one day. And speedily it found its way Into a soldier's haversack, And there it made its bivouac. My Auntie Fay, as you all know, Off to the Soldiers' Club doth go ; And she was there last Christmas Eve To feed the Tommies home on leave. Our soldier with his haversack From Muddy France had just come back ; Our German germ, now grown quite fat Had shifted to the Tommy's hat. From there, out of his one small eye, My dear old Aunt he did espy,

And as she was apassing by, He hopped on her, quite on the sly. "Ha ha," he cried, " this is my place, A German thinks it no disgrace, To make a poor old lady squirm ; And tho' I'm but a German germ, My reputation is at stake If I a chance like this don't take. He worked quite hard for just awhile, This measly germ so full of guile ; Now at the Club, Aunt's seen no more, Carbolic sheet across her door, Prevents the exit for some days, Of this victim of German ways. —