It features a Red Cross nurse checking the pulse of a wounded soldier as he lies in his hospital bed.

[3][4] Vocalist Arthur Fields and Grace Woods recorded the song in 1918.

The soldier sends a letter to his worried friend, assuring him that getting shot was the best thing that happened to him.

Early ev'ry morning, night, and noon, The cutest little girlie comes and feeds me with a spoon.

The sheet music can be found at Pritzker Military Museum & Library.