The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02
PEETRO SEES
 "OVER THE TOP"

Tina ala excite, mi handa shaka so cana notta writea vera gooda; Watts da mat you ask, why anna I so excite? tella you, today seea da gr-r-randa peeckcha "Ovra Da Toppa." An. mi fren, eet ees wan wondr-r-rafool nova peekcha. Wat you say, you wanta me try for tella you alla bout eet? Ala righta. Leesen. here ees howa eet go:
 Wana time there were fella, I for gat hees name cen da peeckcha, buta hees righta name ees Guya Impa, hoes fina Merican man, maybee hees gotta leetle Irisha blooda ina heem, too, causa he lika to fighta ala time, nctta fighta evrabody, you ondrastan, buta he ala time wanta fighta fora da contree, da Unita Stata. ana da Reda- Whita ana Blua flag. hees wat you calla patraottica ora somatheeng like dat eet mak no deefrance, he ccs brava Merican citiZenman.
 Wan day two, maybee threea yeara go a beega bada MeXicana man name Hert try for getta puretta fresh weeth Uncla Sam. IIee teela Presadelta W Weelson hees gonna shoota evra Mer- ioan man wat com cen heesa contree.
 
 alla kinda talk likadt; Presadenta Weelson tai heem "Donta getta tooa fresh weeth U. S.a causa Uncla sam he notta gon talk no roughta-s -stufta talka froma leetla greasa MeXlcana Herta Nexta day Herta shoota nothra Merican ana thena Presadenta WeeisCn calla da army ana tai ala Merlcan man toa go getta deesa bada Mexicana Herta ana breeng heem backa o:a da woods ha nevra com backa.
 Now deesa brava Merican Guya Inn pa, he ees firsta wan wat say he lika to go smasha da face offa deesa Herta, so he getta ina army an go for MeNi- cana contree weeth resta Merican sola- dier-man ana theya aida notta shoota Herta causa he runa like packa-rabeet. maybee hees runa yet, I donno, causa nobody nevra see heem no more. Wal da Merican soladier-man ala com hacka to Unita Stata, buta dee;a brava man Guya Impa, he notta satis- fy yet, he say he lika fighta som more for Uncla Sam, buta they tai heem ws gotta nobody elsa to fighta. thcna deesa Guya Impa say hees gonna try for getta job weeth arm in q Europa. causa they fighta greata beega war iusta thena weeth Germana peepla.
 So he ees packa hees tronk ana taka tripa ono beega boata ana wan day he getta to Fnglsha contree. Buta whena he try fora joina da Eng lisha army theya tai heem he cana notta fighta cen deesa army causa he ees notta Englishaman. Guya Impa say hees gonna getta cen deesa war som way. so he go toa dee frant placa ana he see fella wat looka like beck eenaral ina Englisha army ana ne weenk hees eye ata heem an say May bee you teenk Ina notta Englisha man but I tai you. Meesa Genaral. I cana fighta lika wan. maybee twoa, three Enelishaman." da general he weenk baca ata heem ana say, Iguessa you o KIT, ala righta, you go getta una forma ana we see wat we ron do."
 Wal, deesa man Guya Impa he go toa fronta trancha weeth resta soladier an killa whola companee Germana excepta he go ovra da toppa wan day ana maybee three. maybee foura wat he breeng backa preesna buta be getta shot heemsefa ana theya mak heem stoppa fighta ana tai heem hees finsl hrava man an he musta go backa to unita Stata an talk tonga resta. wal. hees not satisfy yea. but he taka boata ana com home Wal. he ees soon getta well ana wanta go fighta som more, but ala hees frens tai heem to stava cen deesa contree ana maybee pretta soon we allaso fighta Germana causa