"I've served my time in Hell"

[Fred Shapiro]

On Sat, 7 May 2005, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> "Our Hitch in Hell." The author was Frank B. [Bernard] Camp (1882 -
> ?1967), and the poem appeared in his collection, _Mexican Border
> Ballads_ (Douglas, Ariz.: F. B. Camp, 1916). It was revised and
> reprinted in Camp's _American Soldier Ballads_ (L.A.: G. Rice & Sons,
> 1917). A Google search reveals that it was more than once adapted and
> passed on anonymously.

I have just obtained a photocopy of F. B. Camp, Mexican Border Ballads
(1916).  In quickly looking through this I do not see "Our Hitch in Hell"
or anything resembling it in that book, assuming that all the pages were
photocopied properly.  Is it possible that the above is mistaken?

Fred


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