A long way to Berlin, but we'll get there

A modern interpretation of the 1918 song "A long way to Berlin, but we'll get there” by Arthur B. Fields.

Time Period: The Great War/ WW1
Original lyrics:

Ruben Plank a Huskey Yank
Came into town one day
And said “I can’t resist, I really must enlist by heck,
I’ll help to get that Kaiser Bill I hear so much about”
He passed the test, threw out his chest
And started into shout.

“It’s a long way to Berlin, but we’ll get there
Uncle Sam will show the way,
Over the line, then across the Rhine,
Shouting Hip! Hip! Hooray!

We’ll sing Yankee Doodle Under the Linden
With some real live Yankee Pep!
Hep! It’s a long way to Berlin, but we’ll get there,
And I’m on my way by heck, by heck”

Ruben Plank was in the ranks
For just a little while,
Then he soon went ahead,
He’s Corporal Plank instead, by heck
He gets his squad together
And at night when all is still,
They sing the chorus
Ruben wrote, To Mister Kaiser Bill.