| Show Oil Strike tho Xyret Oh strike tho lyre Thompson roared And Into tales poetic soared Of wild adventures weird and rare The snake toned down by grizzly bear The buffaloes that tossed and gored The alligators at the ford These hunters always hunt abroad At home they blow a loud fanfare And strike the lyre So Thompson told and maids adored But men the stale old lies abhorred Each manly eye betrayed a glare Each manly lip held back a swear They rose and then with one accord They struck the liar London Judj |