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TELEPHONE 3923 MADISON SQ.
Intended for
Jerry
"O wad some power the giftie gi'e us
To see oursel's as ithers see us."
HENRY ROMEIKE, Inc.
110-112 West 26th St. N. Y. City.
CABLE ADDRESS,
NEW YORK
'ROMEIKE" NEW YORK
The First Established and Most Complete
Newspaper Cutting Bureau in the World
From
TUDGE,
YORK
Address
OCT 26,1945
Date
BOBBY PEARY, THE WORLD-WIDE ARCTIC EXPLORER.
SOLO.
THEY say that I'm a faker pure,
I have to clothe myself each day
Which makes me very tired,
In furs, or else I'll freeze.
As if the hardships I endure
My reputation, SO they say,
1
Were not each one inspired.
Is measured by degrees.
I have to walk the quarterdeck
I have to go around and beg
Until my nose is blue ;
The means wherewith to sup ;
On lecture platforms I must treck
Also that I may yearly pet
The filthy lucre, too.
My reputation up.
CHORUS.
I am Peary. Don't get leary.
As a seeker I'm the goods.
I'm a hero, minus zero,
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