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Show gcTahead i 1 By BERTON BRALEY - - I - , .1 ,. . j ("Hhsll I sing you a commonplace song? From a poem.) Yes. sing us a commonplace song Of life as It stable alone A song that will carry A jingling refrain That Tom. Dick and Harry And Mary and Jane Can. whistle and hum as they work end they play. From commonplace day unto commonplace day, 1 A song for the plodding and hardworking throng, fling us a commonplace song! ; Sing 'us a commonplace song. A tune that Is hard to get wrong, i Home sort of a ditty With power to charm The folks of the city And those on the farm; A commonplace balled that somehow contrives To bring soma romance Into commonplace Uvea, To gladden the heart of tha weak or the strong. Sing us a commonplace song. . A Tee. sing us a commonplace song. Which Just sort of ripptee Along. With doggerel meter And note that are few. -But which make life sweeter ' , For ma and for you A tlnkly and lightsome and lyrical lay To chase all our w orr.ee and trouble away. And If you can sing auch a thing to the throng. It won't be a common pit c song I . .. (Copyright, ItZX i. K A, Service. t .1 " c |