Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-09-02 | Page 13 | When the Critic Went Abroad

WHEN THE CRITIC WENT ABROAD I Oh he criticised his country HAnd H-And the way affairs were run Ho upbraided thono in olllcc For the bad things they had dono He swung his arms declaring v That lnS ship of state was dAn d-An ho tore his hair and fretted And ho chawed the air and fumed Wo arc going down and backward Ho announced In wrathful tones Wo are robbed and we arc plundered Wo arc late l to skin and bones Wo have lost our noblo blrthilght Wo are only lolling slaves Weak and meek and mean and trembling Going down to shameful graves Then ho stilled away o Europe Where he heard a sconer say What 1 speclablc your country Is before the world todayl How misgoverned how besotted I What a wretched ruined land Whereupon the noble Yankee Licked him till ho couldnt stand q Chicago TimesHerald