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The Voices And Music Of World War I

 
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War Talk At Pun'kin Centre | Cal Stewart

Vaudeville performer best known on record for comic monologues.

(Laughter). Well sure we was all sitting around Ezra Hoskins' grocery store, talking about the war and Sy Pettingale said, "I see they're shooting gas at that battle in Europe." Liz Willis said, "Shucks, that ain't nothing, we got a lot of men right here at home, been shooting gas all their life, and we ain't got any war. All we got is a war tax." (Laughter) Rube Hendrix said, "Maybe the tax is to pay for the gas."

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The Voices And Music Of World War I
A project in cooperation with the National World War I Museum at the Liberty Memorial
Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections & the Marr Sound Archives
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