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Show I LEGISLATIVE WORK (?) And now tho legislator 9 Has come upon tho stage, And efforts oratorical iWlll be the ruling rage. With broadened chest, In ponderous, tone, 1r The man from south will roar: "My fellow senators, I rise To this distinguished floor. "To advocate a noble cause Which long has been defiled, A cause of justice and of right, And fraught with mercy mild. "We want a statute down our way Which will protect tho frog, That blithe and happy denizen Of bank and brake and bog. "Wo'vo learned to love his evening song, , It cheers us when we'ro sad, It lulls us peacefully to sleep Wnen dreary days wo'vo had. "And we are shocked yes, horriftei That any man should dare To put our friend's extremities Upon a bill of faro. "And so I introduced this bill, Which makes of it a crime To take tho life of any frog. And hush his volco sublime. "Now, senators, it's up to you, It's you who make tho laws; Be loyal to this bill of mine." ( Anplause ! Applause ! ! An plause! I !) And then they'll argue, pro and con The merits of tho caso: "Are frtr legs really wholesome food?" "Do singing frogs abase?" "When Is a bullfrog fully croaked'?' "Why, when he's in the pan." "How old's a frog whoso birth oc- Icurred Before tho .birth of Ann?" But, gentle public, do not chldo Their mild and foolish play; They must do something If they'd earn Those four big "bones" a day. |