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QUEER FOLKS by DOUGLAS MALLOCH

First Line: SOME FOLKS SEEM SO QUEER AND QUAINT
Last Line: WITH SOME PEOPLE SUCH AS YOU.

"Some folks seem so queer and quaint:
Wearing denim, saying 'ain't,'
Men without a collar on,
Girls without a bit of paint --
Almost ev'rywhere we've gone,
Through the mountains, by the sea,
Quaint and queer they seem to be.

"Queer and quaint so many are:
Come and stand around your car,
Look you over up and down;
You will find them near and far,
Almost ev'ry little town,
Girls with bonnets, men with pipes --
I just love to study types.

"Some folks seem so quaint and queer;
Here they live year after year;
How they stand it I don't know.
What amusement is there here?"
Nothing much, perhaps -- although
Now and then a car goes through
With some people such as you.



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