Show Just Folks By EDGAR A. A GUEST COMPULSION barroom sport in nine forty To catch some tenderfoot by chance And having guzzled beer and wine Compel the frightened man to dance They fired their pistols at the thc S floor They ur urged cd him on with hoot and yell ell But when at last the fun was oer o'er The v vi tim hadn't d danced so welL weIL He jumped and leaped at their command com corn mand But who can think of poise and pose The dance routine the manner grand With bullets bouncing at his toes They called it dancing in their glee lee They popped their pistols till he fell But when a man is frightened he Will never dance so very well No man is ever at his best Who does a thing lhIng against his will The popping pistol days out t West Vest Gain Gained Gaind d neither dancing grace nor skill By force and fear men ma may be made To jump and leap until they fall But dancing done by men afraid Is bitter business after all Copyright 1934 Edgar A. A Guest |