THE COPY BOY ON SPRING.
ike day is warm and Passing fair The sky is blue and deep the breth of Spring is in the ail1 And the artists is asleep nobody's working Very hard the Winds are fresh and soft' and the boss is wearing evry Day The frown that won't come <off. the tired reporters mosey out tew stroll off tew a Fire And the foxy hello gurl is got A hairpin on the Wire the Poet whiffs the air as if
it was Sum vital drug - \^ ;,',.■. And writes a rapsddy of Spring which is the poet's Bug .l the Porter cums along the sweep a-dragging "from the Hips . ; And the elivvatur boy's asleep between infrequent Trips the Boss is on the Job at 6 his taste is dark and Brown And you have tew: rise at 4 a.m. if you want tew, beat him down. bijo But it is passing strange what subtle poisons Lurk ' in Budding spring tew disarrange ... the strict routine of Wurk It is as if the world, had ceased it's mad pursoot of pelf ' by jimminy I wouldn't mind ! A few daysvoff myself, .'';'.'''' —-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 247, 17 October 1908, Page 6
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193THE COPY BOY ON SPRING. Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 247, 17 October 1908, Page 6
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