| It costs us sixteen million plunks,
The college experts say For insects that infest our bunks And those that spoil our hay. These figures are a sad surprise Our hopes have fallen flat; All season long we swatted flies And batted at the rat. It seems there is no rest at all Vouchsafed to mortal plug For now the battle cry rings out: "Go forth and slug the bug!" |
Verdigris Valley Verse
Albert Stroud
(Coffeyville, Kansas: The Journal Press. 1917)
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