Haskell Town

On the farm in Haskell town

Pa grew corn and worked the ground

We had Kansas in our blood

I grew up strong and lean

Wilson won back in ‘16

Said he’d keep our sailors free

Then a German submarine

Sent the world to war

CHORUS

When the long shadows come 

I won’t be the only one 

Standing here with my head in my hands

I’ve been luckier than some

But the race isn't won

Had to throw out my best laid plans

Here in Haskell town

Signed up quick and signed up fast

Farm and Kansas in my past

Shipped me out to Fort Riley

Army Infantry 

All my kin and all our pride

All our guns and bullets flyin’

Couldn’t keep that thing inside

The broken bodies

Forty dozen men at first

From our cook it grew much worse

Hundred thousand millions more

Won’t escape our fate

A century from now will tell

A part of history from hell

Wasted lives and tragedy

All from Haskell town