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1849–1916

MY BOY

James Whitcomb Riley

You smile and you smoke your cigar, my boy; You walk with a languid swing; You tinkle and tune your guitar, my boy, And you lift up your voice and sing;

The midnight moon is a friend of yours, And a serenade your joy — And it's only an age like mine that cures A trouble like yours, my boy!

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