Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-01-11

FOR HIS GOOD.

@S "ibring you the stately matron namedl>s
: ~Chrstendoih returning bedraggled, be-
tsmirchef and \ dishonored from piratc,S
(lraids in Kiao-C Chou, Manchura, South -
aAfrica and the Philippines, with her soulSS
>Sfull of meanness, her pocketfu of hood -
SSlc and her mouth full Of pious hypotri, -
~Sses. Give her soap and towel but jhds -
the looking glass. Mark Twans Greet -
Sfing to the Red CrossSociety -
PREFACE .
>S2Oh little Christian song I'm gong toSG
~ sing, ~
~SAnd both dollars and religion it ,willSS
~ bring ~
It's about the white mans burden, -
Andts martyrs crown and guerdon, -,
S3With kind of catchy Barrack BalladSS
swing. ~
SP S. It's easy trick to write that ~
80. sort of-thing, ~; ~ ~
- - BALLAD. - =. $
80 :. If you see an island shoreA -
~ Which has not been grabbed before. -
Lying in the track of trade as ISLANDS -,
should, ~
With the simple native quite
- .Unpgepared to make fight, ~
SSoh,; you just drop In and take it for hs~
- good -
- Chorus ~
~SOh you kindly stop and take it for his~
~ good -
(Not for love of money, beit understood, -
But you row yourself to larfd f;
With Bible in your hand ,E,SS
you prat 6Sr hi'hjFd rqP him, forSS
- This go9I. T.. ~
.SIf he holers then you shoot .him-for@
his good.
>e There We been sad and bloody scenes@
-. In the distant philippines.
,,SrWfitresws' We slaughtered thirty thops-S
auditor their good -
~ &itdrv.tG bullet and with brand ~
$751;. Desoratsi Al the ayna;'. -
s"' ;ss;s.s* ass1' !. ss''s$ -, - ''l''' -
- "r - ~
- Chorus oofAiissimo, beg$'nnnin4 With -
61v hoYD:' -
~Dw, Just club your gun and kill him forI~
.his good
GVDon't.y you waste cartridge; give himS>
.stee or wood. -
80 .,yyheu he's wounded and he's down ~
Nrv. Brain him., cause his skin is brown, -
Dn)y .pnd you do it for his good
- F'Ss sIr sS prisoners sasS ""' kill 'As"'-f'S -
- Yes and still more far away, -
-,ltoWu IN SHiHi, ict us say
ISWh,re the Christian robs the ''hea- -
80 them for his good,
You may burn and you may shoot, -
T. You may fill your sack with loot, q
S7But be syre you ds't only for his good. -
>S v'r - ~
-:1sss :y1sss,~.os5jsl i% 3 ee}|ss.s "aa'a.S
for their good -
.piskinE opas from 0iT }ieT' evsR}al made ~
wood,
-, As you prize s : tre&n ont with care, -
Just repeat little prayeN 80 ~
- Y < good; e ~ ~
.SMaks your pocket picking clearly under -
sstood.
Orthis lesson can shape
To campaigning at the Cape, -
/$aWhere the Becr is being hunted for hisSS
- Hs wauhYsekpgs. British rule -
81 If he weterhta blooming fool; -
:, ,.SThus you see that it is only for his good -
-: chorus pia4aasysln'o): =
so they're burning burghers' houses forS~
N Their good -
sAs they pour thekerosene upon the wood, -
A ( i can prove them, if list -
- y Every man altruist -
NNfstnng helpless women fomeless-forc
2t their gobdlft T:tr -
SLeaying LITTLE ealdren roofess8for theirS(
,S .&.,fSo9a good MoRAr ~
s7.ssss3 1hetess'a a moral to my song - -
~" Batawont detsinsou long =
For eoudn't makeit palmer if Would -
80 II you dare commit wrong -
- On the weak because you're strong -
(You mayssao' iitt-f you doit for his good. -
M~SAYou may rob him, if you do it Tor, hiss
good; &
7You may kill him. if you do it tor his 8
- good; !, -
V,,,, m "a, forne Ind Won nlaxy cheat: ~