Madam and the Army

They put my boy-friend
In 1-A.
But I can’t figure out
How he got that way.

He wouldn’t work,
Said he wasn’t able.
Just drug himself
To the dinner table.

Couldn’t get on relief,
Neither WPA.
He wouldn’t even try
Cause he slept all day.

I nagged at him
Till I thought he was deaf—
But I never could get him
Above 4-F.

But Uncle Sam
Put him in l-A
And now has taken
That man away.

If Uncle Sam
Makes him lift a hand,
Uncle’s really
A powerful man!