First Line: ON LAND AND SEA I STROVE WITH ANXIOUS CARE Last Line: TO ESCAPE CONSCRIPTION. IT WAS IN THE AIR! Subject(s): MILITARY SERVICE, COMPULSORY; WORLD WAR I; CONSCRIPTION; MILITARY DRAFT; SELECTIVE SERVICE; FIRST WORLD WAR;
On land and sea I strove with anxious care To escape conscription. It was in the air!
