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A BALLAD OF THE CHAMPIONS, by                    
First Line: Dear little willie takes the ball
Last Line: The boys are laying bogie low!
Subject(s): Boys;games; Recreation;pastimes;amusements


DEAR little Willie takes the ball
And lightly lays it on the tee;
They say he was thirteen last fall,
But oh, to putt as well as he!
His face from whiskers still is free —
He drives! Behold the gutty go!
It was a man's game once — ah me,
The boys are laying Bogie low.

There's Eddie, whose brown arms are small,
Whose shoulders barely reach your knee,
Whose rocking-horse stands in the hall,
Who has just learned his A, B, C —
He has a stroke that all agree
Is better than the experts show;
He drives the ball far o'er the lea —
The boys are laying Bogie low.

They've left their marbles, tops, and all
The other toys that used to be
So dear to boyish heart; they sprawl
No more beneath the greenwood tree;
But each child takes a gallery,
Applauding, round the course — they know
The royal game from A to Z —
The boys are laying Bogie low.

L'Envoi

Friend, are no glories left that we
May claim who use the razor? Oh,
Hark to their childish shouts of glee —
The boys are laying Bogie low!





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