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Show JUST FOLKS j I By Edgar A. Oemsa I ' - STATE PRIOE. I heard a stranger boasting of the glories glo-ries of bis blale. 'lie held 'hsi California Is tho greaw-' bjbbbbbjj of the Brest; The chap w no sat beside him lived som - where In Illinois, And he boaslsed of her rlChej and her comforts and her Jovs, , But whit" 1 listened to tpem make th- ir native splendors known. ! I d have sworn that the;, were talking of the stale I call my own. Nebraska, or Dakota, Florida or Ten- it Washington or Maryland wherever vou may bo. You II find the land is peopled with de. voted hearts and true. : W'h love the -t.V.e thex live In and the old Red. White and Blue, And vou II find the distant stranger lit a proud, exultant tone. Boa-o about too staic he lives in as yoif boast alout our own. ! There are charms this country over, there are jovs In every state. Here are forty-eight divisions and each one of tbeni is great. And I like the ryes that sparkle and the --H uch of honest pride, And the fervor of ihe people vrhereso- ever they abide, ' Who rejoice In iheir possessions for by I such a love, la shown That pach one of us la faithful to the BtatS he calls his own. In Michigan QT Kansas In Idaho or Tho hearts of men pre beating to the I self-mgde lovai strain; The love of all that s lovely sets the Of all nglotv Anrl the old flag laughs to hear us as It looks on us below, For It proves we arc united as of home e proudly brag I 'no jrcat country-loving per.ple under-t under-t ath the Starry Flag |