Tell That to the Marines

Do you remember Kaiser Bill about a year ago?
We told your old friend Bernstorff that he better pack and go
You laughed and said, "America possessed no fighting stuff"
Until our fighting Yankee boys walked in and called your bluff

That Monte Cristo idea will not do
If you think that the world belongs to you
Tell that to the marines
Those deviling hounds who know what fighting means

You are going to lick the world, you said you will
If you mean Uncle Sam, now listen Kaiser Bill
Tell that to the marines
The first to fight on all the fighting scenes
If you think you'll sink our new boat with your damned old U-boat
Tell that to the marines

That line of Hindenburg's would never break, you made a vow
It must be made of rubber, Bill
The way it's bending now
Those krupp works that you bragged about
You rave of them no more
We'll change them to the bankrupt works when we end the war

So Kaiser Bill at warfare, we are new
If you think now the Yankee drive is through
Tell that to the marines
Those deviling hounds who know what fighting means

We are going to have six million men in line
Kaiser Bill, if you don't think they will cross the rhine
Tell that to the marines
The first to fight on all the fighting scenes
If you think the yanks won't whirl-in
Right straight into Berlin
Tell that to the marines