Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, January 1921 · page 56 of 68
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This page from **Captain Billy's Whiz Bang** contains humorous verses rather than political cartoons. The "Damphoolishness" section is a collection of absurdist and nonsense jokes typical of the magazine's satirical humor. The jokes mix patriotic references (Valley Forge, "God save the King") with deliberately silly rhymes and non-sequiturs. The Valley Forge joke appears to mock the seriousness of Revolutionary War hardship by contrasting it with mundane trolley rides. The final two sections use grotesque domesticity for humor: a maiden finding hair in food, then a longer complaint about discovering a woman's hair in butter. This reflects early-20th-century anxiety about hygiene, domestic servants, and the unpleasant realities of food preparation—playing the contrast between idealized "beautiful hair" and the disgusting reality of it contaminating food for comic effect. These aren't sophisticated political satires but rather lowbrow comic verses aimed at working-class readers seeking quick laughs.
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54 Captain Billy's Whiz Bang Jest Jokes and Jingles Damphoolishness The woodry-blee pipes oolie-goo, While on the brinkers grimes the moo. God save the King, the soldiers cried, And then they took a trolley ride. A rooster crowed upon the hill, His name was William—she called him Bill. 'Twas bitter cold at Valley Forge, But nothing ever rattled George. The berries were growing on the vine, Three times thirteen is thirty-nine. * * * Out in the kitchen a maiden fair Plucked from the hash a golden hair. * * * Woman's hair—beautiful hair, What words of praise I'd utter; But, oh, how sick it makes me feel To find it in my butter.