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FAME - FAME - FAME, by                    
First Line: It's a fad of my own, that I'd like to be known
Last Line: On the strength of his health and his mirth.
Subject(s): Fame; Public Worship; Reputation; Church Attendance


IT'S a fad of my own, that I'd like to be known
As a person of infinite Fame.
Be it Author of books or a Student of crooks,
There is much to be earned with a Name.
Through a lifetime of days, there are dozens of ways
That a genius can push to the front,
And I'd like to be classed with the chaps who will last,
For some smart little story or "stunt."

No statesman am I, with a good reason why,
For my brain is not measured by "Chin."
Invention, land sakes! gives my inner self aches,
And a cog fills my conscience with din;
As a poet my themes are a matter of dreams,
And I shudder when pondering rhyme;
Then this Scientist plan is a wear on a man,
And it occupies bushels of time.

No pen that I shove soars to regions above,
Where the author is reckoned to dwell;
I am sore on the strife of this wild Public Life,
There is never a battle to quell;
When I look through the sheets every item repeats
All the glory and fame of the few;
They just seem to crop from the soil without stop,
And they're born with a mission to do.

Now, why, may I ask, may a fellow not bask
In the sunshine of Fame, who, like me,
Is a straight normal chap with no ideals on tap,
And no race and no theme to set free?
I'd like to go out and dispel all this doubt
By proclaiming the fact to the earth,
That a straight, simple "mut" some example can cut
On the strength of his health and his mirth.





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