Show THE COUNTRY EDITOR He might have been a millionaire I And won financial fame Or sat in a directors director's chair Had money been his aim He chose instead to spend his years In service poorly paid And with i the paste aste pot and the shears shear shears shears' A humble living made r rHe i iA He He chronicled the towns town's events The local on goings-on j His fellow townsmen's hopes and bents bents i P 1 Inspired his lexicon He felt the public pulse that beat Around him and he tried To make his little country sheet I A thing of local pride F Unselfishly with all his heart He strove but but- butto to His town of which he lie was wa-s a part With great ambition filled He spoke well of his fellow men He praised when praise was due He wielded but a kindly pen peni And no reward he be drew |