In Other Words/As John Howard Payne Said
As John Howard Payne said—
There’s a popular impression tantamount to an obsession,
We have read of it in article and pome,
That vacationers returning undergo a lot of yearning
To be home.
We have read of it in article and pome,
That vacationers returning undergo a lot of yearning
To be home.
We have seen a lot of verses on the emptiness of purses
Caused by going to the mountain or the shore,
How the dolce far niente thing is often more than plenty,
And a bore.
Caused by going to the mountain or the shore,
How the dolce far niente thing is often more than plenty,
And a bore.
Wheeze and whimsy, fact and fable on the poorness of the table,
Gag and giggle on the hardness of the bed—
Of the myriad deprivations to the goers on vacations
We have read.
Gag and giggle on the hardness of the bed—
Of the myriad deprivations to the goers on vacations
We have read.
As to all that sort of patter touching on vacation matter,
We arise in modest wise to interject
That the folks who knock the rural thing—or things, to make it plural—
Are correct.
We arise in modest wise to interject
That the folks who knock the rural thing—or things, to make it plural—
Are correct.