. At the sign of the dollar. ng. GRANDEUR * My land! says little Lizzie Cohn, Beside the sweat-shop door, If I wuz Mamie Cassidy, Whose fader keeps a store,Id have a hat wid feaders on An then Id git a beauWhod take me to the thee-ay-ter Where we cd see the show—If I wuz Mamie Cassidy Jest watch the pace Id go! Gee whizz I says Mamie Cassidy, When she sees Lottie Blank,* Her fathers awful prosperous— Hes teller in a gets her candy by the box And clothes to beat the Dutch—If I was fixed like Lottie is I wouldnt want for muchl Dear, dear, says fragile Lottie Blank, Its charming, to be s
. At the sign of the dollar. ng. GRANDEUR * My land! says little Lizzie Cohn, Beside the sweat-shop door, If I wuz Mamie Cassidy, Whose fader keeps a store,Id have a hat wid feaders on An then Id git a beauWhod take me to the thee-ay-ter Where we cd see the show—If I wuz Mamie Cassidy Jest watch the pace Id go! Gee whizz I says Mamie Cassidy, When she sees Lottie Blank,* Her fathers awful prosperous— Hes teller in a gets her candy by the box And clothes to beat the Dutch—If I was fixed like Lottie is I wouldnt want for muchl Dear, dear, says fragile Lottie Blank, Its charming, to be life of Alice Van der Knob— Too bad that were so poor!Id go to Paris every year And have a lovely yacht;If I was Alice Van der Knob Id wed a Duke—why not? 69 70 AT THE SIGN OF THE DOLLAR And SO does Woman weave the chain Unto the bitter end;The more good Fortune gives to her The more she wants to same small Imp of Vanity Plies restlessly his jobIn wistful little Lizzie Cohn And Alice Van der der kaiser he iss more as vet. FOURTH OF JULY Fourth of July, youre a fine old antiquity Cured in saltpetre and brimstone andsmoke,Rattlety-bang at the British iniquity, History crystallized Into a joke!Annual earthquake, tornado and fire-alarm, Giving Insurance a tragical turn,Making the householder tremble in direalarm— Patriotism and powder to not defending you,Im not befriending you; Still, when you stop and consider it, whyShouldnt you jar us and scar us up? Youre not to blame—youre the Fourth ofJuly! Fourth of July, youre a bit hypocritical; Day when the great Declaration is when the Patriot (wholly political),Speaks of the spot where our Forefathersbled;Day when old Tammany goes for themasses ofVotes with a union-and-liberty air,Buncombe and bunting to rope in theclasses of 71 72 AT THE SIGN OF THE DOLLAR People who neither consider nor care; Great Anniversary, Think not this cursory-View of the subject disloyalty—W
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