[Pg 85]  There’s laughter in yon beach hotel, And summer girls a crowd; And hark the music, mariners, The band is piping loud! The band is piping loud, my boys, Bright eyes are flashing free. Come, fly the owner’s-absent flag And join the revelry.

[Pg 85]

And summer girls a crowd;

The band is piping loud!

Bright eyes are flashing free.

And join the revelry.

[Pg 86]

[Pg 86]

A BALLADE OF THE CANNERY

  What of the phrases, long decayed, Of paleologic pedigree, Musty, moldy, frazzled, and frayed—  A doddering, dusty company? What shall be done with them? say we; And east and west the people bawl, Dump them into the Cannery!—  Into the brine go one and all.

 “Grilled” and “lauded” and “scored” and “flayed,” “Common or garden variety,” “Wave of crime” and “reform crusade,” “Along these lines” and “it seems to me,” “Noted savant,” “I fail to see,”  The “groaning board” of the “banquet hall,”—  Masonjar ’em in “ghoulish glee”—  Into the brine go one and all.

“Grilled” and “lauded” and “scored” and “flayed,”

“Common or garden variety,”

“Wave of crime” and “reform crusade,”

“Along these lines” and “it seems to me,”

“Noted savant,” “I fail to see,”

 “Succulent bivalves,” “trusty blade,” “Last analysis,” “practical-ly,” “Lone highwayman” and “fusillade,” “Millionaire broker and clubman,” “gee!” “In reply to yours,” “can such things be?” “Sounded the keynote” or “trumpet call,”—  Can ’em, pickle ’em, one, two, three—  Into the brine go one and all.

“Succulent bivalves,” “trusty blade,”

“Last analysis,” “practical-ly,”

“Lone highwayman” and “fusillade,”

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