  Are your neighbors very bad? Pass a Law! Do they smoke? Do they chew? Are they always bothering you? Don’t they do as you would do? Pass a Law! Are your wages awful low? Pass a Law! Are your prices much too high? Do the wife and babies cry ’Cause the turkeys all roost high? Pass a Law! When M. D. finds new diseases, Pass a Law! Got the mumps or enfermisis? Measles, croup or “expertesis?” Lest we all fly to pieces Pass a Law! Are the lights a-burning red? Pass a Law! Paint ’em green, or paint ’em white! Close up all them places tight! My! Our town is such a sight! Pass a Law! No matter what the trouble, Pass a Law! Goodness sakes! But ain’t it awful? My what are we going to do? Almost anything ain’t lawful, And the judges human, too! Pass a Law! W. L. Wells. (From The Index, Wash. State Ref.) |
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