Rogers-isms, the Cowboy Philosopher on the Peace Conference

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Rogers-isms: The Cowboy Philosopher on the Peace Conference Copyright, 1919, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America Published May, 1919
In the Five times I have appeared before President Wilson I have used dozens of these same jokes, about him, And he has the best sense of humor and is the best audience I ever played too, Which bears out the theory I work on, That you can always joke about a big Man that is really big, But dont ever kid about the little fellow that thinks he is something, cause he will get sore Thats why hes little,
W. R.
There is no particular reason why I should horn in on you Public with a Book, But thats just when they seem to write them, When theres no need or reason for them,
The shorter white Paper gets the more careless these Pen Hounds get with it,
All my friends advise me to go ahead Will and write it cause you wont annoy people with it like these other Writers do with theirs, Nobody will read yours
When a Guy has never grazed educationally any further than McGuffeys fourth Reader his ravings aint liable to throw any jealous scare into Literary Circles,
Grammar and I get along like a Russian and a BathTub ,
In fact Americans are getting to dote too much on Grammar and Good Manners, They say the most perfect English in this country is spoken in Sing Sing, And at the Federal Prison in Atlanta, They claim a Knife never touched a Lip, So you see where that junk leads you too,
I was going to write a Book on the War, But I heard some fellow had already done it,