Show I l 9 THE THOROUGHBRED SPORT Youve You've heard of the sport port who Is reckoned Dead game when he bucks heavy odds Well Vel the sport whom I tout isn't second second ft To the best of your gamiest gods He makes your DEAD game sport diminish r r TU TI he isn't s. two twenty So So Im I'm backing my sport to the tho finish W 4 i Because no's nos hosa a a LIVE sport you rou see i t He puts up his coin coin and and his labor labor- rl 1 t Without frivol any or fuss He bets He bets on his country and neighbor p 1 J I I He e even lays wagers on US lIe He bets on the state of the weather jf f 4 1 y r. r I. I For weeks and for months in in advance v p i t I J So what better sport stands stand's in leather I I. I I. I Or r who takes tales a narrower chan chance e 4 St i he He pledges his future to Mammon J I. I I i j i Which I is verse-making verse bunk for or a bank c And he saves us from annual famine I For lor hardly a think think or a thank v I He has stuck in his trenches for forages ages lies He's a fighter outside of the fort j the worlds world's oldest battle he wages As he is the worlds world's oldest sport I I On his green baize of acres he gambles gambled As he oets bets on the world and its needs 1 He bets against weevil and brambles i J lIe He bets against weather and weeds I t 0 O he hasn't the tongue of a charmer f fAnd Or the cavalier airs of a court And some call him only a farmer I call him a thoroughbred sport port Copyright 1918 1318 N. N E E. A A. |