| A maiden of uncertain years
Unto a Booster went; Her eyes were filled with twinkling tears, Her voice was cracked and bent. She said: "I understand your club Is working for the town, To boost the cause of every dub And keep dissension down. "The city's merchants you protect From aliens with their wares And street car men are promptly checked From charging monstrous fares; But while you rave at Seerbuck-Ward, It seems to me a bluff; The idee hits me plenty hard You don't go far enough. "The principle is all O. K., I want to see it tried Upon the chap who goes away To get himself a bride. There's lots of girls right here at home Who do not have a beau, And why young men for love should roam Is something I don't know. We are as good as those who dwell In regions far away; And yet it seems the foreign belle Can beat us any day. "So wont you, Mr. Booster Man, Our interests protect And try to formulate a plan To have the practice checked? For self alone you should not live Your prospects to enhance; But try to find some way to give The home-grown girl a chance." |
Verdigris Valley Verse
Albert Stroud
(Coffeyville, Kansas: The Journal Press. 1917)
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