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FAREWELL, O KING!, by                    
First Line: Farewell, king football! 'tis with keen regret
Last Line: Die as king football goes upon his way!
Subject(s): College Sports; Football


FAREWELL, King Football! 'Tis with keen regret
We see you take your armor and depart—
For gallantly in this tempestuous year,
You held your sway and played your royal part!
You gave us, this year, lots of extra thrills,
And, it is said, much smaller doctor bills!

You leave affairs in rather tangled state—
All twisted like an angleworm with cramps—
It's hard to say just who could wallop which,
Or nominate an actual set of champs.
But we should worry—we saw lots of bumps,
Good right-hand punches, and some lovely thumps!

The halfback now sits down to study Greek,
The center does his best with Latin prose;
The quarterback appears at lectures now,
And looks quite well, despite his battered nose.
The tumult and the shouting of the fray
Die as King Football goes upon his way!





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