| A busy man was Jason Briggs
He had no time to vote. He spent his days at weaning pigs And building tanks and other rigs To keep his ducks afloat. I found him poking round his place On last election day. Says I: "'Tis well you saved your face And kept your name from sad disgrace And stayed the polls away. "For I am told a bunch of thugs Are pouring from their throats Dire threats that they will punch the mugs Of you and me and other plugs Who try to cast their votes." Old Briggses' eyes got very wide, His face grew very red. "What? take away the rights," he cried, "For which our fathers fit and died! I'm goin' to vote, by Ned." A lot of men like Jason Briggs, Who pass their duty by And do not care a bunch of figs Would waltz around like whirligigs, Should we their rights deny. |
Verdigris Valley Verse
Albert Stroud
(Coffeyville, Kansas: The Journal Press. 1917)
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