A Roast to the Kaiser

Title

A Roast to the Kaiser

Creator

Unknown

Identifier

WWP22172

Date

1917 January 1

Description

A poem mocking German Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Source

Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia

Language

English

Text

For Admiral Grayson—A ROAST TO THE KAISER

Here’s to the Kaiser
The Limburger cheese
May the swell in his head
Go down to his knees -
May he break his damn neck
On the Hindenburg line
And go to Hell croaking
“The Watch on the Rhine”!

Original Format

Letter
Article

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/D06850.pdf

Citation

Unknown, “A Roast to the Kaiser,” 1917 January 1, WWP22172, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.