Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-22 | Page 4 | Just Folks

Just Foll Folks s By EDGAR A. A GU GUEST ST on America My country said Old is the land laM where children play And toilers in the summer get vacation time with pay Its It's the land of little gardens bordered deep with hollyhocks And geraniums and petunias Ina in ina ina a narrow window box My country has its troubles s but it also has its joys Its It's ts t's the la land d of happy women and of f healthy girls and boys Its It's the land of things electric lights refrigerators phones Its It's the land of pop and soda SoJa and hot dogs and ice cream cones My y country Is the nation where a a. workman smokes cigars Where the factories are surrounded surrounded sur sur- sur rounded by motor cars Its It's the land of warmth in winter and of screens all summer through Its It's the land of motion pictures and of features double-features toor too I r dont don't say we cant can't improve it as we march our way along But with ballots not with bullets we shall right whatever's wrong For beneath our constitution with the faith our fathers had We Ve can live our lives in freedom and can prosper and be glad