Show Just Folks By 81 EDG EDGAR A. A GUEST AT DINNER DANCES Because not light at af foot toot am I INor Nor made for nimble Alone I stay as time goes by While all aU the guests are dan ing big I sit with twenty empty chairs chain Where not a soul converses A watchman at all aU gay affairs Defending tans fans and purses purse The band strikes up Away the go goAs goAs goAs As fast as they are able I watch the tho candles burning J I Upon the dinner table I am that solitary s soul ul On whom Im I'm sure a curse Is Li Condemned to play the lonely Jonely rol oI Of Ot guarding women's purses strange what parts parta M comes to play Before his days are ended And some are br brave v and soi som are gay And some with care attended But theres there's a role Ive I've com t town town own own own- I The subject of these verses verses- erscIn In splendor now I sit ait alone And guard the women's pun pUll pune Sometimes a waiter walter stops to toc a And tries his best to cheer fl mi much t Sometimes a neighbor fatTo fatTo fat fatTo To dance will settle HIe near O me But while the m merriment goes 0 os Im I'm glad my fate tate no worse worle 1 is 11 isThan Than just to be the lonely Jonely one They leave to watch w LIiSI purses I i Copyright right l 1936 Edgar Edga a A. A Guest Guu |