Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-18
SEEING THE CIRCUS.
"fANk SPHINX" TELLS OF ONE
DAYS DELIGHT.
No Work for him When He Hears
the Tunefui Music OF the calllope--
Cure for All the Ills Humanity 10
heir To.

I'm purity steady. az a rule. and when
II comes to work.
There amt a neighbor that IL say he
ever seen me shirk.
In seedin' time or harvest time or what
ever there's TO do.
! Amt afraid to pitch right in ana pot
the work right through.
'Tsin't often l get tucksrsd; can work
And plll and lift and push as much as
emmy one about;
when workin' won't 80 down
Its Jest my time for loafin' when The
circus comes 70 town.
And netherlands my woman--she cAn
slave herself SO thin.
A-doin work. she'd make you think shs
p,,, couldn't co.,, smile , egin: 80, o.
As risky IKE and klttonish and chipp~
as you please.
az young and glad
As all our children sittin' there betwixt
their man and dad,
And when hear her laffin' at the doin's
know she's ten years younger whss
the circus comes to town.
A soon Ssn as as bills ~ are posted I Ak ~
Right In my mind for good and kespa.
and then ! work and wait.
And dc se ,h sas l SSys to pitch right in an
For when the circus comes Wen have .
holiday and rest.
And then the hull big family, when
Gets into town In time enuff to watch
'em raise the tent,
And never leave for home as'in untn
We see tn. bu.i performance when the
circus comes TO town.
Before the show commences. why We
I buy myself see-gar and some pop a.
For mother and the Children. while W
listen to the tunes
The hurdy-glrdys playin', an get some
And then j kind of sneak away and
tackle chuck a-luck."
And after I've tried that q while an1
lost. why. then / buck
The painted wheel of fortune. Oh, a.
I'm on em 20 all al Up ba brown min. vs.r N. dir
Gus comes to town.
There's nothin' suits me better than -
meet the boys I knew
The feller from my northumberland
buy some rings and throw
EN- over knives and canss-of course.
w,,,yy op'r s.c apt to try try, for months
two dollars once.
And lost It right away agin. Anl
there's that little trick
They call II three card-monte"-weIl,
they worked that purity slick
And skinned me once Thai there's ~
time / knocked a fs)sr DOWN
Don't try that game. my brother, When
the circus comes to town.
But when II comes to tryfn' strength
that's where / cut q dash!
I tackled a lung tester once and blowoA
II all to smash
And when the man that owned II swoee
I'd pay him for the thing.
I sassed him back and give him. too. .
BLOWN up. by jingl
And them sledge hammer hxin's that AZ
patterned for to show
Which man can strike the hardest-wo1
I've smashed en- at q blow;
I send that gauge-board up 80 high q
never can come downt
] make things lively for 'sm when the
circus comes TO town.
Sometimes when crops are backward ana
the stock gets sick and dies,
And no one can't lay up cent no mat
ter how he tries,
! 60 a-mopin.. round the farm. all sorry-
like until
Ny eyes light up with pleasure when
see A circus bill.
Then everything seems different-like an
sort OF new and bright.
! whistle clear from breakfast till -
the chores at night,
And say TO fate who cares q cent, ~
matter how you frown,
Wen get the spell of sunshine when IL
CIRCUS comes to town."
Hank Sphinx" In Boston Herald