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Edgar Guest - The Bank Clerk
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I`D LIKE to be a bank clerk, and sit inside a cage, 
I`d like to take and hoard away the toiler`s weekly wage;
I `d like to sit behind a drawer with gold and greenbacks lined,
 I `d like to read the writing on the checks rich men have signed,
It must be nice to shut up shop at 3 and cease to fret, 
And then I wish that I could have the holidays they get.

I’d like to be a bank clerk, with a pen behind my ear, 
To go to work at 9 and know that quitting time`s so near:
To occupy a cage in which no office bores can sit, 
With nothing else to do but take in cash and care for it. 
I `d like to be a bank clerk; that I `m not is my regret; 
Just think of all the holidays the weary bank clerks get.

I love the name of Lincoln and the name of Washington, 
I like to think about the way George made the British run;
I `d like to take a day off, too, to honor him, I say,
And I would also like to rest on Decoration Day;
I love this land of freedom, and I like to sing her praise,
But I wish I were a bank clerk to enjoy her holidays.
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