. At the sign of the dollar. AT THE SIGN OF THE DOLLAR 47 You can show that black is white;They will preach your wrong as right—Buy em up! If the laws defy your skillIntroduce a Robbery bill—There are Congressmen who willBuy em up! A TESTIMONIAL I thought that my health was as good as thenext,But learned it was terribly bad;For I found, after reading the newspaper text Of a loud patent-medicine mushrooms were growing all over myliver,That something was loose in my heart,That due to my spleen all my nerves hadturned greenAnd my lungs were not doing their wrote Dr. Sharko and got
. At the sign of the dollar. AT THE SIGN OF THE DOLLAR 47 You can show that black is white;They will preach your wrong as right—Buy em up! If the laws defy your skillIntroduce a Robbery bill—There are Congressmen who willBuy em up! A TESTIMONIAL I thought that my health was as good as thenext,But learned it was terribly bad;For I found, after reading the newspaper text Of a loud patent-medicine mushrooms were growing all over myliver,That something was loose in my heart,That due to my spleen all my nerves hadturned greenAnd my lungs were not doing their wrote Dr. Sharko and got as an answer, The wart on your thumb is incipient can- Ive taken Ze-ru-na for forty-nine days. And Scamp Bark, my symptoms to gag;And isnt it queer—all my pains disappear When the medicine gives me a jag!A lovely sensation I get from them all Which banishes carking annoy,So gayly I drink em—and Lydia Pinkum Has added her quota of Ive sent Dr. Bogie a neat little sumFor radium tests on the wart on mythumb. 48. IVE TAKEN ZE-RU-NA FOR FORTY-NINE DAYS. AT THE SIGN OF THE DOLLAR 49 When Baby is restless a bottle I keep Of Ma Winslows Syrup. It takesA spoonful of poison to put him to sleep And another one when he awakes;He lies in a paralyzed, hypnotized state, So calm you can see at a glanceThat the dear little chick sleeps as sound as abrickWhen hes neatly laid out in a trance;And Im sure every Mother could learn, if she would,The knock-out-drop method to keep Babygood. While reading bright essays on wonderfulcures In decent newspapers each dayI see all the symptoms our tired flesh endures And fly to my drugs in Snydrozone, Fakeozone stocked on myshelf With Horners Safe Waters of Life:Im taking three-fourths of the tipple myself And giving the rest to my Wife—And if there is anything left after thatI give it to Admiral Togo, the cat. so AT THE SIGN OF THE DOLLAR So this Testimonial I would indorseTo give all Poor Sufferers pain Ive endured, b
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