After I had attended lectures At our Chautauqua, and studied French For twenty years, committing the grammar Almost by heart, I thought I`d take a trip to Paris To give my culture a final polish. So I went to Peoria for a passport — (Thomas Rhodes was on the train that morning.) And there the clerk of the district Court Made me swear to support and defend The constitution — yes, even me — Who couldn`t defend or support it at all! And what do you think? That very morning The Federal Judge, in the very next room To the room where I took the oath, Decided the constitution Exempted Rhodes from paying taxes For the water works of Spoon River!SourceThe script ran 0.001 seconds.
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