by Cpl John Readey, Cp. Stoneman, Calif., Yank-The Army Weekly, 1942

They give me shots for tetanus;
For typhoid, I get three!
The yellow fever is an excuse
For one more hole in me.”
“They stick the needle in me dry;
They stick it in me wet.
They punch me full of holes, it seems,
At every chance they get.”
“Typhus, measles, housemaid”™s knee,
There”™s shots for ev”™ry thing;
Fallen arches, leprosy:
Boy, those shots do sting!”
“Sometimes those vampires stick me good
Right in a vein of me,
And then they take a pint of blood
And smile with fiendish glee.”
“Oh, I haven”™t been in battle, yet;
In war I haven”™t starred.
But if you saw the holes in me,
You”™d swear I”™m battle scarred!

Source: Ready, CPL. John. “Ode To The Medics.” YANK The Army Weekly, 4 Nov. 1942, p. 16. https://www.med-dept.com/ http://www.indianamilitary.org/YANK/1942-11-04YankMagazine.pdf