I’m going, I’m going
To a place that’s not so slow.
I hear the Cubans gaily toasting
Good Old Crow.
Why should I stay when my throat is full of pain,
Soon will go our smokes, so why should I remain?
Dreaming of days of the once sweet long ago,
While my friends are sadly calling, Poor Old Joe.
—E. N. Hosier.
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