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Show Just Folks By EDGAR A. GUEST THE WORRIER When Bill got down to worrying He did it without hurrying. He worried with a vengeance and also a fare-ye-well; Old Bill could take a bit of doubt And really tear Its Innards out The way a squirrel strips a nut entirely from the shell When Bill got thinking fearfully He always did it tearfully, Sometimes you'd think the little ducts within his cheek had burst When Bill got saying times were bad, " Nobody ever living had A glummer point of view from which to stand and view the worst When Bill got down to groaning He could beat the world at moan- , ing without uttering a word. He could beat the world without uttering a word. He could warn you and beware , you In a ghastly way to scare you. And we'd all be lost this minute If -his fears had once occurred. " Copyright 1M, for The Telegram. |