THE CALL OF THE LAND 



"He said he got no start in life, 



Didn't get no money from his dad, 

 The washin' took in by his wife 

 Earned all the funds he ever had. 

 'Oh, no,' said Joe, 

 'Hain't hed no show.' 

 An' then he'd look up at the clock, 

 An' talk, an' talk, an' talk, an' talk. 



' Tve waited twenty year let's see 



Yes, twenty-four, an' never struck 

 Altho' I've sot round patiently 

 The fust tarnation streak of luck.' 

 'Oh, no,' said Joe, 

 'Hain't hed no show.' 

 Then stuck like mucilage to the spot, 

 An' sot, an' sot, an' sot, an' sot. 



' 'I've come down regerler every day 

 For twenty year to Piper's store, 

 I've sot here in a patient way 



Say, hain't I, Piper?' Piper swore. 

 'I tell ye, Joe, 

 Yer hain't no show ; 

 Yer too dern patient.' Ther hull raft 

 Jest laffed, an' laffed, an' laffed, an' laffed." 



If, therefore, we wish to go upon a basis 

 of fact and not upon dreams, we ought not 

 to expect from socialism, however trium- 

 phant, any permanent deliverance from the 

 principal woes that are upon us. 



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