Will Dearly Pay

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Will Dearly Pay

Who caused this world-wide grief and woe
The Kaiser.
Who speaks of "Me und Gott?" you know --
The Kaiser.
Encouraged murder and abuse,
Who turned the baby killers loose,
Without reason or excuse?
The Kaiser.

Who paid no heed to Uncle Sam?
The Kaiser.
And showed he did not care a damn?
The Kaiser.
Who drowned our women, children, too,
While sailing on the ocean blue,
And riddled life boats through and through?
The Kaiser.

Who has his spies on every hand?
The Kaiser.
To boost and laud the Fatherland?
The Kaiser.
Though glad to reach his country's shore,
At heart they're loyal to the core
To that damned despot they adore,
The Kaiser.

Who started out the world to boss?
The Kaiser.
And who received the double-cross?
The Kaiser.
Who boasted of his super-men
And had the date all settled when
In Paris he would dine at ten?
The Kaiser.

Whose brutal methods shocked the world?
The Kaiser.
And who the pirate's flag unfurled?
The Kaiser.
Who always will regret the day
He roused the giant U. S. A.
And for his crimes will dearly pay?
The Kaiser.

-- Thomas H. West.

--The Iowa Unionist, Des Moines, Iowa, February 14, 1918, page 30.