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By Jack Joseph Smith
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God Forbid, a priest we can not mentions
Pregant girls, a subject never to approach,
The womens club, said it was the football coabhis 0, my God Deniftt, pretty girlss
My true loves She got pregant to a football star, and her scred, scared folks: sent
her aways The womens club knew; why she was blues When the time came, for there
little snow ball dance, the little girl, she was in a trance, What to dog when
everyone hated yous The picking of a gueen,. seemed such a dream) Dont you remember's,
she wong she put all the gossip on the runj Highschool stinkss :
It sure did,.a good pure laughter came rushing to mes God it felt so fine to be
with hims :
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Why did’you leave colliége, he said?
r nas- tarde out for fighting, The laughter was high and good now and our faces .
brightened over the shadows
Well, lets see now Michael, Should we begin with the cub scoutss
Well lets see now Denti First I was sO cats of Nursery schools Mra, Williams :
Was my nursery school teacher and when ! walk into wy home room at good old Mount :
Lebanon, there she isg A preabhterien ninisters wife giving me Catholic nedais
to wear around my neck, so some clown can pull them off in a bar room brawls’ Christ
pani, t've taken om so many monsters, Down in the coal miming taverns: in Castle
Shannon,’ It's right out of DaHe. Lawrences: BM being men With pain to give running at
you through some blind mystery hidden beneath their eyes, Women with their heads
. bent eating crab meat, Here baby, have some more sauseg Hey mister, take it easys.
Bamis banig Pye ona pottles in the air? Flying fists doubbling basketball bellyss
It's a sight to see; he said,
tye had’ the whole tom chasing me Danii?