  When Kansas gets her dander up and reaches for her gun, I think some folks will chase themselves and hike out on the run; I think the railroads will be good, John D. come off the perch And christianize the Standard Oil until it joins the church; I think the trusts and wicked men that once were all so bad Will mercy pray when once they know that Kansas can get mad! The people there have stood a lot since first the state began; Have overcome with sturdy heart and never-dying will; But now with patience broken quite new battles must be won: And Kansas has her dander up and reaches for her gun! The Octopus must watch his ways and guard his awful arms, And keep his eyes peeled mighty close around the Kansas farms; Has rifled all their pocket-books and left them but a crust; But Kansas has a sudden way of stopping all the fun, When once she gets her dander up and reaches for her gun! "John Brown of Ossawatomie!" There's freedom in the phrase! St. John with prohibition and old Peffer with his craze! And now the world is waiting for the fire-works and the sights When Trusts will get insomnia and lie awake of nights; For she will take the bakery and capture every bun, When Kansas gets her dander up and reaches for her gun! O, bold and reckless financiers! Take warning ere you fall! You'd better stop awhile and read the writing on the wall! Your hands are red with human blood, they're dripping human gore, And by the gods above they swear, you shall not rule them more; For Kansas has her dander up and reaches for her gun! |
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