Show ONCE OVER ut UN Birthday Cake Sifter BItter to Cynics I Bv By H. H I. I PHILLIPS n I BABY ABY you aint but 1 youre you're pretty wonderful You have much to learn but youre you're learning fast You look bad badat badat badat at tim times s but after all youre you're engaged engaged engaged en en- In something more important than a beauty contest You fumble the ball bunt when you should d slug forget to touch second second sec see ond and arid try to steal third with the bases full but the errors are all excusable because you are in the epic contest the world classic the toughest and most Important batte in hi history E- E E cn len on your off days you hold the worlds world's brightest promise S C S Five years old But In you are the yearnings of 2000 years the echo of the Sermon on the Mount the prayers prayers prayers pray pray- ers of mothers over their sons down through the centuries Youre You're a kid Idd In years but through you the world may find the wisdom of the prophets the longing of the patriarchs the sagacity of the wise men and the fortitude of the martyrs Yes babe youre you're sneered at and belittled by the cynics but you will wUI live to make matte them eat crow and to repeat one day the words You Vou believe because you have seen blessed are those who believe yet have not seen S Se SeYou You haven't been able to end double talk give the slicker the international huddles but you are making swell strides in that general direction You still endure bores and longwinded longwinded longwinded long- long winded diplomats too patiently proceed proceed pro pro- too timidly on occasions and take too long to reach decisions now and then but are entitled to demand What do you expect of ofa a year old Miracles Let the critics scoff you have havethe havethe the prayers of ot families in every land on earth The guidance of Providence is asked for you in straw hut igloo cave dugout trench shanty bungalow tenement cabin and castle At your best you lift our spirits stir our hearts make our blood tingle and make us want to dance in the streets sing In the shops and give thanks at the nearest altar In the moments of snafu you make visible the goal posts and you keep them from being moved all over the lot Youve You've tagged the tyrants the dictators the foul balls the aggressors aggressors aggressors ag ag- ag- ag and the double dealers and labelled them to a thee fare well Youre You're making goose grease malarkey malarkey malarkey ma- ma larkey and banana oil scarcer and andover andover andover over the seats of the international delicatessen dealers you have raised in neon lights No matter how you slice It It Is still Youve You've got a long way way- Way Way-to to go and anda a lot to do but youre you're no front runner Youve You've got what it takes Happy birthday kid With si simultaneous simultaneous si si- I and consecutive trans trans- |