Show JUST FOLKS Dy Edg&T A- Oncct I A USELESS LIFE ! I wish 1 d lived In Caesar's time! I might have climbed to heights sublime By wlnnln wurs an' doin' things Like ovorthrowln' forrin' kings Alt' huvln' people bow to ma I'or havin brought them victory If I'd been here In seventy six I might hnvo got In politics Or on a tea chest swung an ax Dccause of Lirltaln s heavy tax. An' every history studyln' kid Would have to know tho things I did. If I'd bnen here when Franklin tried Kite flyth' with a storm outside I might have bent him to that trick Or showed 'em one that's Just as slick. It might have been my luck to be The one to find 'lcctrlclty! IJut here I am. my father's son An' all the biggest Jobs are done; I've missed my chance to rise to fame An' let the whole world know my name; When I gvt twenty-one or two There won't bo much for me to do. |