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Show H THE BALLAD OF QUEENIE MULQUEEN m The hit of the pieco in newspaper circles this 1 week was Damon Itunyan's contribution to the H Tribune entitled "Tho Ballad of Queenio Mul- H queen." H For wider circulaton and for fear some of our H readers may havo overlooked it, we take the H liberty of reproducing it: H There you goes in yer mournln' clothes, H Queenio Mulqucen; the "Widder 'Mulqueen. . H There you goes as sweet as a rose, H Wiith yer eyes turned down to yer pretty toes; H And never a glance at me you throws H I You knows I knows what I knows! H What are the size o' the tears In yer eyes, H Queenie iMulqueen; tho Widder Mulquecn? H What aro the size o' the tears you cries H On the cold, cold ground, where yer pore Joe lies; H Are they big as the rocks I hears you 'buys? H You knows I knows what I knows- H Was it a gent yer husband sent, H Queenie Mulqueen; the Widder IMulqueen? H Wilio was the bum who seemed so dumb H Soaked to the guards with yer husband's rum; H As staggerin' up to yer house he come? H You knows I knows what I knows! H Wlio was that bum from yer husband's drum, H Queenio iMulqueen; the Wddder iMulqueen? H Was it a gent that yer husband sent H To you for his gun when the story went H That Two-spot Gray was on murder bent? H You know I knows what I knows! H What did they say was wrong that day, H Queenie iMulqueen; the Widder Mulqueen? Hi What did they say when tho fall of tho play H iPiassed up to Joe and was all his way; H But he didn't cut loose a shot at Gray? H You know I knows what I knows! H There you goes in yer mournin' clothes, H Queenie Mulqueen; the Widder IMulqueen. H There you gees and you plainly shows H That yer heart is 'broke, and yer sorrow grows H (But why was tliat pin in that gat o' Joe's? Hi You know I know what I knows! H Wlhat'd bin done to yer pore Joe's gun, H! Queenio Mulqueen; Jq Widder Mulqueen? H Wliat'd bin done to yer husband's gun H "When trouble come that he couldn't shun; H And it wouldn't shoot, and ho couldn't run? H You know I knows what I knows! |