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Show HOMES TOWNP flELPgEL STAND U? FOR THE TOWN Hers l a Little Argument in Verse by Writer Who Has Proper Idea of the Matter. X know my town, and I love my town, And I want to help It be As great a town to every one As it aeema to be to me! I praise my town and I cheer my town. And I try to spread its fame; And I know what a splendid thing ' 'twould be It you would do the samel I trust my town and I boost my town. And I want to do niy part To make It a town that all may praise From the depths of every heart! I like my town and I sing my town, And I want my town to grow; ir I knocked my town or I blocked my town, That wouldn't be nice, you know! I think my town la the very beet town In all the world to me! Or If It'e not. I want to get out And try to make It be! I talk my town and I preach my town. As I think a fellow should Who has more at stake than to win or 'make . For the love of the common good! I bet on my town, and I bank on my town, And I think It fine to feel-When feel-When you know your town and you love your town That It'e part of your honest seaL I'm proud of my town, I love my town, And I want to help It rise And that's the" way to help a town Not curse It and despise. -Baltimore Bun. |