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He’s Seen a Lot I’ve seen the swirling ocean Come thundering up the beach And rivers in commotion Go racing reach on reach; I’ve seen the fair sun shining Above the storm and wreck; I’ve watched where men were mining In caverns deep and black. I’ve watched girls making toffee Old Santa’s pack to fill; I’ve watched men harvest coffee In Java and Brazil; I’ve seen the Berbers selling Their coursers swift and sleek, And little brown men felling Mahogany and teak. Upon the Danube River I’ve looked with ravished eyes; I’ve gazed with soul a-quiver On Italy’s fair skies; I’ve stared with awe and wonder On Fujiyama’s height; I’ve seen auroras sunder The north with blades of light. Some folk decry my pleasure My want of thrift deplore; Expenses I should measure And nurse my income more. Though panics shake the nation, While I’ve a dime it goes To round my education At the moving picture show! the kinetogram, New York Morning Telegraph (8 September 1912), 4: 3 ...

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