TO AN OBBLIGATO BY LOOK’S CORNET BRASS BAND
“Always a seat for another,
Providin’ we squeeze ’em tight;
Stampin’ in from the smother,
For ’tis snowin’ hard to-night.
Time for a bit o’ smokin’,
Time for another tale,
Time for a little jokin’,
Waitin’ here for the mail.”
—Ballad of “The Grocery Store.”