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PARENTAL ADVICE by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: AH, WHERE IN THE GUTTERS OF NAPLES
Last Line: "BUT ""SEE YOUNG AMERICA FIRST""!"
Subject(s): YOUTH;

Ah, where in the gutters of Naples,
Or where in the alleys of Rome,
Or where in the valleys of Scotland
Are boys like our urchins at home?
Bright-eyed, clean-souled, merry rascals,
Their voices a jubilant burst, --
You may look at the youth of the nations,
But "see Young America first"!



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