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Show "DON'T ?5ITE OFF MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW." iiio-g thfl ihmos that I've heard V h if p'oldir g on my hum ,le way, Tli- r.oUiirg to de ply s'.irrtd My sen-o ot" humor, as they say, j T!inn ono ihit huh a luimblo source, 1 Yt.-t ((i v s f i lu s n, ipiaitU but. truo, And i.tiiliL'3 tho mnd with suJdon f jre.-: "LMi't 1 i'." oil' tnorij Una you cun It'v-.ii h-vo pi'gili.-t't.' "n.J wish torn i fi-llnw'a fit co io tuttr, 'Ti.- hIw, i b si to wait until y. u've.m ked hi l.:i-tu:iHmilJ ngar; ' ml wti le you'll' smoking, .juit n fb.'ct '1'iint, n sibly, ho ui".v whip you Thi- mixirn aiA'sva nnolhx't, "lu t lily if im.ro- tliun yc-u cut) c!:lw," Wiioti iUrlirg out in lifd, my t'.iond, And wMi in business to fngig'i Be cautious, or y u'll sur.-ly und A fiiluro on Life's nctivo sl-ige; Kemembur Uiit it lakes samo brains To bo n n Astor or a Drew; No dolt to prominonco utlaiiH; "Don't bi'.o ell' ccoro ihin you cn chew." When looking 'round you fjr a wife, Don't be "roped in" by somo vain flirt ft lio'll kt you plod along in lifo VV iihout a button on your shirt. In marriage, if you g it blind . And hituh yoursoli to llirtor tfhrow, lieliovo mo, you will surely'lind You'vo "bit oti uiord moro linn you can chew." When tho nuihor of theo lines sat down And wroto Llio heading big and clear, LIo thought ho'd do Uia tuiog up brown And spread his namo both far aud noar. But ai'i or an hour of weary toi1 , lie drops his poncil, foeling blue, And s'gbs, "I waste tho midnight oil" I've "bitofl'inore than I can chew." |
