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IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO EAT. 



NIXON WATERMAN, IN L. A. W. BULLETIN. 



Life would be an easy matter 



If we didn't have to eat. 

 If we never had to utter, 

 " Won't you pass the bread and butter, 

 Likewise push along that platter 



Full of meat?" 



Yes, if food were obsolete 



Life would be a jolly treat, 

 If we didn't — shine or shower, 

 Old or young, 'bout every hour — 



Have to eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, — 



'Twould be jolly if we didn't have to eat. 



We could save a lot of money, 



If we didn't have to eat. 



Could we cease our busy buying 

 Baking, broiling, brewing, frying, 

 Life would then be oh, so sunny 



And complete; 



And we wouldn't fear to greet 



Every grocer in the street 

 If we didn't — man and woman, 

 Every hungry, helpless human, — 



Have to eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, — 



We'd save money if we didn't have to eat. 



All our worry would be over 



If we didn't have to eat. 

 Would the butcher, baker, grocer 

 Get our hard-earned dollars? No, sir! 

 We would then be right in clover 



Cool and sweet. 



Want and hunger we could cheat, 



And we'd get there with both feet, 

 If we didn't — poor or wealthy, 

 Halt or nimble, sick or healthy — 



Have to eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, 



We could get there if we didn't have to eat. 



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